Effects of posture on shear rates in human brachial and superficial femoral arteries

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Newcomer, S C ^b,c   Sauder, C L ^a   Kuipers, N T ^a   Laughlin, M H ^b   Ray, C A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Conduit artery diameter; Leg and arm vasculature; Lesion formation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY POSTURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SITTING; STANDING; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 41749094951     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01108.2007     Document Type: Article

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