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    Hypertension and Aortic Mechanics

    Significant structural alterations have been shown to develop within the aortic wall in hypertensive states, both in humans and in animal models.1–4 These alterations represent the local manifestations of a gener...

    Christos Pitsavos, Christodoulos I. Stefanadis in Contemporary Concepts in Cardiology (1999)