Turbulent blood flow plays an essential localizing role in the development of atherosclerotic lesions in experimentally induced hypercholesterolaemia in rats

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-80

  Prado, Cibele M ^a   Ramos, Simone G ^a   Elias Jr , Jorge ^a   Rossi, Marcos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hypercholesterolaemia; Laminar blood flow; Low wall shear stress; Oxidative stress; Turbulent blood flow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; INFRA DIAPHRAGMATIC AORTIC CONSTRICTION; LIGATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW; VASCULAR LESION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RATS;

EID: 38049184694     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2007.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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