Wall shear stress in the superficial femoral artery of healthy adults and its response to postural changes and exercise

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 821-827

  Schlager, O ^a   Giurgea, A ^a   Margeta, C ^a   Seidinger, D ^a   Steiner Boeker, S ^a   Van Der Loo, B ^a   Koppensteiner, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blood viscosity; Predilection sites of atherosclerosis; Superficial femoral artery; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SITTING; SMOKING; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REST; SHEAR STRENGTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955960545     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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