Shear stress and flow-mediated dilation: All shear responses are not created equally

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Widlansky, Michael E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149503633     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01187.2008     Document Type: Editorial

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