Does low and oscillatory wall shear stress correlate spatially with early atherosclerosis? A systematic review

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 242-250

  Peiffer, Veronique ^a   Sherwin, Spencer J ^a   Weinberg, Peter D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial disease; Atherosclerosis; Blood flow; Haemodynamics; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LIPID;

AORTA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE COURSE; FLOW KINETICS; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LIPID STORAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY STATE;

ARTERIAL DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; HAEMODYNAMICS; SHEAR STRESS;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BLOOD VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84879927451     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvt044     Document Type: Review

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