Superficial femoral artery endothelial responses to a short-term altered shear rate intervention in healthy men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  De Zepetnek, Julia O Totosy ^a   Jermey, Tena L ^a   MacDonald, Maureen J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATORY SHEAR INDEX; PNEUMATIC CUFF; SHEAR RATE; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; VASODILATATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84913534723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113407     Document Type: Article

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