In the femoral artery bifurcation, differences in mean wall shear stress within subjects are associated with different intima-media thicknesses

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2933-2939

  Kornet, Lilian ^a   Hoeks, Arnold P G ^a   Lambregts, Jacques ^a   Reneman, Robert S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Femoral artery bifurcation; Intima media thickness; Ultrasound; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0033396447     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.12.2933     Document Type: Article

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