Wall Shear Rates Differ between the Normal Carotid, Femoral, and Brachial Arteries: An In Vivo MRI Study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 188-193

  Wu, Sheng Ping ^a   Ringgaard, Steffen ^a   Oyre, Sten ^a   Hansen, Michael S ^a   Rasmus, Stokholm ^a   Pedersen, Erik M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Brachial artery; Carotid artery; Femoral artery; Magnetic resonance velocity mapping; Wall shear rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATORY SHEAR INDEX; PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR RATE; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0842326037     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10441     Document Type: Article

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