Carotid artery hemodynamics: Observing patient-specific changes with amlodipine and lisinopril by using MR imaging computation fluid dynamics

Radiology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 662-669

  Ariff, Ben B ^a,b   Glor, Fadi P ^c   Crowe, Lindsey ^d   Xu, Xiao Y ^c   Vennart, William ^e   Firmin, David N ^d   Thom, Simon M ^a   Hughes, Alun D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; LISINOPRIL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AMLODIPINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LISINOPRIL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; RHEOLOGY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78649681549     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10100788     Document Type: Article

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