Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2026 Feb 6;13:1744904. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1744904

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© 2026 Hatzikostas, Miyashita, de Vries, Sanders, von Basum, van Noort, Dijkstra, Bourantas, Tsai, Onuma, Barlis, Serruys and Poon.

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

PMC Copyright notice

Four scatter plots showing the relationship between endothelial shear stress and changes in vessel cross-sectional area. Panel A displays rabbit data with a reported Spearman correlation coefficient of 0.50. Panels B, C, and D present mini-pig data with correlation coefficients of 0.16, 0.36, and 0.09, respectively. Each plot includes a fitted regression line summarising the overall trend between endothelial shear stress and vessel remodelling over time. — Endothelial shear stress and subsequent changes in lumen cross-sectional area. Scatterplots are shown for each case (unique colours): rabbits at (A) post-implantation vs. 3-month, and mini-pigs at (B) post-implantation vs. 1-month, (C) 1-month vs. 3-month, and (D) post-implantation vs. 3-month. For each cross-section, ESS was averaged over the full circumference. Spearman's rank correlation (ρ_s) and p-value are reported in each panel. Linear regression lines with 95% confidence intervals (red shading) illustrate the trend.