Human common carotid wall shear stress as a function of age and gender: A 12-year follow-up study

Age

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1553-1562

  Irace, Concetta ^a   Carallo, Claudio ^a   De Franceschi, Maria Serena ^a   Scicchitano, Federico ^a   Milano, Marianna ^a   Tripolino, Cesare ^a   Scavelli, Faustina ^a   Gnasso, Agostino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Carotid artery; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEAR STRESS; YOUNG MODULUS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TUNICA MEDIA;

AGED; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84876484896     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9318-1     Document Type: Article

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