Wall shear stress and early atherosclerotic lesions in the abdominal aorta in young adults

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 443-451

  Pedersen, E M ^a   Agerbaek, M ^a   Kristensen, I B ^a   Yoganathan, A P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Atherosclerosis; Intimal thickness; Laser Doppler anemometry; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ANEMOMETRY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MODEL; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REST; SHEAR STRESS; THICKNESS;

EID: 0030927060     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-5884(97)80171-2     Document Type: Article

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