Exercise-mediated changes in conduit artery wall thickness in humans: Role of shear stress

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Thijssen, Dick H J ^a,b   Dawson, Ellen A ^a   van den Munckhof, Inge C L ^b   Tinken, Toni M ^a   den Drijver, Evert ^a   Hopkins, Nicola ^a   Cable, N Timothy ^a   Green, Daniel J ^a,c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial remodeling; Atherosclerosis; Blood flow; Cardiovascular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FOREARM; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

ADULT; ARM; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXERCISE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959860513     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00170.2011     Document Type: Article

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