Blood vessels, avascular regions, and collective behaviour A multiphase simulation of vascular remodelling KU Leuven
Blood vessels have the ability to adapt to changes in blood flow through a process known as vascular remodelling. Vascular remodelling can be divided into angiogenesis, the formation of new vessels, and arteriogenesis, the enlargement of existing vessels. Blood flow creates mechanical forces on the endothelium, such as shear stress, and these forces are required for vascular remodelling to occur. Shear stress induces directed endothelial cell ...