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Passive pressure-diameter relationship of MVH (solid symbols) and Sham (open symbols). Passive stiffness for each vessel was estimated from the parameters estimated using nonlinear regression (D = αeβx). There was no significant change in passive stiffness in the pressure range of interest.
