Atherosclerotic plaques: Is endothelial shear stress the only factor?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-239

  Anssari Benam, Afshin ^a   Korakianitis, Theodosios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRESS WAVE; ENDOTHELIAL SHEAR STRESS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART CYCLE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; MECHANICS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS;

ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84880034935     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.04.041     Document Type: Article

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