The impact of baseline artery diameter on flow-mediated vasodilation: A comparison of brachial and radial artery responses to matched levels of shear stress

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Jazuli, F ^a   Pyke, K E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baseline diameter; Doppler ultrasound; Endothelial function; Handgrip exercise; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR POLLICIS MUSCLE; ADULT; ARM; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FLOW MEDIATED VASODILATION; HAND GRIP; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY STATE; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HAND STRENGTH; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053273322     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00487.2011     Document Type: Article

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