Endothelium-dependent arterial wall tone elasticity modulated by blood viscosity

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 282, Issue 2 51-2, 2002, Pages

  Cabrera Fischer, Edmundo I ^a   Armentano, Ricardo L ^a   Pessana, Franco M ^b   Graf, Sebastián ^b   Romero, Luis ^a,b   Christen, Alejandra I ^a,b   Simon, Alain ^a   Levenson, Jaime ^a  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial diameter; Arteries; Endothelium function; Incremental elastic modulus; Shear stress; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERY TONE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CALCULATION; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SHEEP; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0036081905     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00330.2001     Document Type: Article

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