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April 1, 1974Circulation ResearchOpen Access

Force-Velocity and Series Elastic Characteristics of Smooth Muscle from the Hog Carotid Artery

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Population

Vascular strips from the media of hog carotid arteries

Design

Preclinical

Authors

JHJeremiah T. HerlihyThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioRMRichard A. MurphyUniversity of Southern California

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Implication

Provides baseline mechanics for hog carotid smooth muscle; leaves open applicability to human vascular disease or therapies.

Structured PICO

P
Population
Vascular strips from the media of hog carotid arteries
I
Intervention
Electrical stimulation and quick release to a known afterload
O
Outcome
Force-velocity and series elastic characteristicssurrogate

The study establishes the force-velocity relationship and series elastic characteristics of hog carotid artery smooth muscle, fitting the data to the Hill equation.

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Herlihy et al. (1974) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86dae3a810ea404bcf8bc9https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.34.4.461
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