Why the study?
What is the relationship between radius and pressure along the aorta in living dogs?
Population
30 living dogs
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Should not guide human aortic assessment; leaves open translation of segmental elasticity gradients to clinical models.
What is the relationship between radius and pressure along the aorta in living dogs?
This foundational physiological study demonstrates that aortic elasticity decreases and radius decreases progressively from the ascending aorta to the bifurcation in living dogs.
Patel et al. (1963) studied this question.