Morphological evidence for a change in the pattern of aortic wall shear stress with age

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 543-550

  Bond, Andrew R ^a,b   Iftikhar, Saadia ^a   Bharath, Anil A ^a   Weinberg, Peter D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; blood flow; endothelium; shear stress

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; LIPID STORAGE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; THORACIC AORTA;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL NUCLEUS SHAPE; CELL SHAPE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79952192381     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.110.219683     Document Type: Article

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