Wall shear stress is lower in the carotid artery responsible for a unilateral ischemic stroke

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-113

  Carallo, Claudio ^a   Lucca, Lucia Francesca ^b   Ciamei, Monica ^a   Tucci, Saverio ^a   De Franceschi, Maria Serena ^c  

^a General Hospital   (Italy)

^b Institute S Anna for Intensive Care and Rehabilitation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Shear stress; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 30944465692     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.05.019     Document Type: Article

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