Evaluation of the impact of passive smoke on arterial elasticity via echo-tracking technology in a rabbit model

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1949-1956

  Yong, Qiang ^a   Guo, Ruijun ^b   Chen, Zhen ^c   Li, Zhian ^a   Lin, Changyan ^d   Yang, Xiaohui ^e   Liu, Shu ^a   Lin, Jie ^a   Meng, Yuanfeng ^f   Zhang, Ruobing ^g   Cao, Yan ^g   Ma, Qiao ^h   Zhang, Shuang ^a   Zhu, Yuping ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Beijing Haidian Hospital   (China)

^d Research Institute of Highway Ministry of Transport   (China)

^e Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control   (China)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^g CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h Huilongguan Community Health Service Center   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Arterial elasticity; Arterial injury; Echo tracking technology; New Zealand White rabbits; Sonography; Vascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; ELASTIC MODULI; PATHOLOGY; SMOKE; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ARTERIAL INJURIES; ECHO-TRACKING; NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBIT; VASCULAR ULTRASOUND;

ELASTICITY;

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84908680882     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.11.1949     Document Type: Article

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