Velocity Acceleration as a Determinant of Flow-Mediated Dilation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 580-592

  Stoner, Lee ^a,b   McCully, Kevin K ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow pulsatility; Flow mediated dilatation; Shear stress; Velocity acceleration

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COVARIATES; FLOW-MEDIATED DILATATION; HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELING; IN-VIVO; LARGE SHEAR; PULSATILITY; REPEATED MEASURES;

ACCELERATION; BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; FLOW RATE; HAND GRIP; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY STATE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOURNIQUETS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84857799906     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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