Flow patterns and velocity distributions in the human vertebrobasilar arterial system: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 810-819

  Kobayashi, Nobuaki ^a   Karino, Takeshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Cerebral aneurysm; Flow pattern; Hemodynamics; Velocity distribution; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POSTERIOR SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; KINETICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSE RATE;

AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CADAVER; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; KINETICS; PULSE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 77957840128     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.1.JNS09575     Document Type: Article

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