Hemodynamics of cerebral aneurysm initiation: The role of wall shear stress and spatial wall shear stress gradient

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 587-594

  Kulcsar Z ^a,b   Ugron, A ^d   Marosfoi, M ^a   Berentei, Z ^a   Paal G ^c   Szikora, István ^a  

^a National Institute of Neuroscience   (Hungary)

^b KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

^c BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; SHEAR STRESS;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79952810253     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2339     Document Type: Article

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