Animal models of surgically manipulated flow velocities to study shear stress-induced atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 100-110

  Winkel, Leah C ^a   Hoogendoorn, Ayla ^a   Xing, Ruoyu ^a   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^a   Van der Heiden, Kim ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal models; Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Fluid dynamics; Shear stress; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA CONSTRICTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY LIGATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; ANIMAL; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTERY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW; DEVICES; DISEASE MODEL; LIGATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURGERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; LIGATION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASCULAR GRAFTING;

EID: 84929012145     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.04.796     Document Type: Review

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