Why are arteries the size they are?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1259-

  Santamore, William P ^a   Bove, Alfred A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART; HISTOLOGY; NOTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 45149117453     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90391.2008     Document Type: Editorial

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