Hemodynamic and Biologic Determinates of Arteriovenous Fistula Outcomes in Renal Failure Patients

Figure 1

Schematic of a vessel. The white layer shows smooth endothelial cells; the purple layer smooth muscle cells; shows direction of pressure; shows direction of wall shear stress. Figure reprinted by permission from Macmillian Publishers Ltd.: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 10, 2009.