Region dependency of pulse wave velocity in the atherosclerotic aorta of the Kurosawa and Kusanagi-hypercholesterolemic (KHC) rabbit

Pathophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-132

  Katsuda, Shin Ichiro ^a,d   Hasegawa, Masamitsu ^b   Kusanagi, Masahiko ^c  

^a NIPPON MEAT PACKERS INC   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c Japan Laboratory Animals Inc   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic region; Atherosclerosis; Foot to foot velocity; Fractional lesioned area; Peaking phenomenon

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RABBIT; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0030152529     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-4680(96)00003-X     Document Type: Article

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