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Breaks In Longitudinal Elastic Fibers Of Human Femoropopliteal Arteries, Elham Zamani
Breaks In Longitudinal Elastic Fibers Of Human Femoropopliteal Arteries, Elham Zamani
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Breaks in Longitudinal Elastic Fibers of Human Femoropopliteal Arteries
Elham Zamani1, Majid Jadidi1
1 Department of Biomechanics, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE
Introduction: Elastin is a major protein in the body with half-life >50 years. It is thought that elastic fibers are formed before the postnatal period. In the femoropopliteal artery (FPA), the main artery in the leg, longitudinal elastic fibers are present in External Elastic Lamina (EEL). Our team has studied more than 1000 cadaveric human FPA and has noticed that there are big breaks in their longitudinal elastic fibers in some subjects. Our goal in this work …