On the 400th anniversary of Harvey's Lumleian lectures, this review focuses on
“hemodynamic” forces associated with the movement of blood through arteries in humans …

The vascular endothelium is an interface between the blood stream and the vessel wall.
Changes in this single cell layer of the artery wall are believed of primary importance in the …

The aim of this review was to highlight the most important complications of arteriovenous
fistulas (AVFs) for hemodialysis (HD). The quality of vascular access for HD should be …

The development of hydrogel-based biomaterials represents a promising approach to
generating new strategies for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. In order to …

Diverse data collected over the past 4 decades suggest the existence of a mechanical
homeostasis across multiple length and time scales in the vasculature. For example, 1 stress …

A computational vascular fluid–structure interaction framework for the simulation of patient-
specific cerebral aneurysm configurations is presented. A new approach for the computation …

As therapeutic strategies to prevent acute rejection progressively improve, transplant
vasculopathy (TV) constitutes the single most important limitation for long-term functioning of …

Graft vascular disease (GVD) is the single most important long-term limitation to solid-organ
transplantation. It is a concentric vascular intimal hyperplastic lesion composed of smooth …

Endothelial cells live in a dynamic environment, where they are constantly exposed to
external hemodynamic forces and generate cytoskeletal-based endogenous forces. These …

Cells in the cardiovascular system are permanently subjected to mechanical forces due to
the pulsatile nature of blood flow and shear stress, created by the beating heart. These …