Age dependent changes of arterial wall viscoelasticity

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 39, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 63-68

  Antonov, P ^a   Antonova, M ^b   Nikolova, N ^b   Antonova, N ^c   Vlaskovska, M ^d   Kasakov, L ^b  

^a Department of Tumour Pathology   (Bulgaria)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Bulgaria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Arterial blood vessels; Coefficient of viscosity; Dynamic modulus of elasticity; Forced oscillations; Natural frequency; Resonance curve

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY WALL; BLOOD VESSEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRICTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; RAT; VISCOELASTICITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMORHEOLOGY; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; OSCILLOMETRY; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 47849096447     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2008-1069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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