Mean wall shear stress in the femoral arterial bifurcation is low and independent of age at rest

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 112-122

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

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Common femoral artery; Hemodynamics; Regional blood flow; Superficial femoral artery; Ultrasound; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SHEAR STRESS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034116730     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000025722     Document Type: Article

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