title: Invited letter concerning: the effect of extraanatomic bypass on aortic input impedance studied in open chest dogs: should the vascular prosthesis be compliant to unload the left ventricle?
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Shepard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003187:Compliance; D004285:Dogs; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left