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Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2009 Apr 7;37(6):1093–1104. doi: 10.1007/s10439-009-9686-1

Table 2.

Mechanical parameters across the cardiac cycle for carotid arteries of mgR WT, HET and KO mice.

	WT	KO
Blood Pressure (mmHg)^†	124/91	131/88
Mean Wall Thickness (μm)	24.8	23.2
Outer Diameter (μm) Systole/Diastole	584/544	607/567
Circ. Wall Stress (kPa) Systole/Diastole	188/117	222/127
Axial Wall Stress (kPa) Systole/Diastole	220/168	197/137
Mean Circ. To Axial Wall stress Ratio	0.86/0.97	1.13/0.93

^†

Blood pressures from Marque et al.¹¹