Wall shear stress - An important determinant of endothelial cell function and structure - In the arterial system in vivo: Discrepancies with theory

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-269

  Reneman, Robert S ^a   Arts, Theo ^a   Hoeks, Arnold P G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell function; MRI; Non invasive vascular ultrasound; Poiseuille's law; Ultrasound; Velocity profiles; Velocity tracers; Viscosity; Wall shear rate; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CELL FUNCTION; DEVICE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PLASMA VISCOSITY; POISEUILLE LAW; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORY; ULTRASOUND; VASODILATATION; VOLUNTEER;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASODILATION;

EID: 33746121289     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091648     Document Type: Article

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