Do plaques grow upstream or downstream?: An angiographic study in the femoral artery

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 912-918

  Smedby, Örjan ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; blood flow; flow separation; progression; stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030952460     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.5.912     Document Type: Article

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