Augmentative effect of pulsatility on the wall shear stress in tube flow

Artificial Organs

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 727-731

  Nakata, Masako ^a   Tatsumi, Eisuke ^a   Tsukiya, Tomonori ^a   Taenaka, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nishimura, Takashi ^a   Nishinaka, Tomohiro ^a   Takano, Hisateru ^a   Masuzawa, Toru ^b   Ohba, Kenkichi ^c  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow rate; Nonpulsatile; Pulsatility; Pulse rate; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

MAXIMUM FLOW RATE; MEAN FLOW; METABOLIC FUNCTION; NONPULSATILE; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; PULSATILITY; PULSE RATE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; WALL SHEAR STRESS; WALL-SHEAR STRESS;

FLOW RATE;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE RATE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032837339     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06411.x     Document Type: Article

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