Are intramural suction-squeezing effects generated by the variations in radial wall stress during each heart beat the motor of atherosclerosis? A new concept

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 781-798

  Doriot, P A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ARTERY; CELL MEMBRANE; CORONARY ARTERY; EPICARDIUM; HEART BEAT; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRESSURE;

EID: 33846346488     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.09.023     Document Type: Article

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