Coronary artery circumferential stress: Departure from laplace expectations with aging

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Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 946-960

  Tracy, Richard E ^a   Eigenbrodt, Marsha L ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; Human; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRESS; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; WALL STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77649265928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.109     Document Type: Article

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