Evaluation of common carotid hemodynamic forces: Relations with wall thickening

Hypertension

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-221

  Carallo, Claudio ^c   Irace, Concetta ^c   Pujia, Arturo ^c   De Franceschi, Maria Serena ^c   Crescenzo, Anna ^c   Motti, Corradino ^a   Cortese, Claudio ^a   Mattioli, Pier Luigi ^c   Gnasso, Agostino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Policlinico Mater Domini   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Stress, mechanical; Tensile stress; Tunica media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0032856495     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.34.2.217     Document Type: Article

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