Assessment of flow-mediated dilatation in the superficial femoral artery using a sustained shear stress stimulus via calf plantar-flexion exercise

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 725-737

  King, T J ^a   Schmitter, S M ^a   Pyke, K E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

endothelial function; FMD; leg vasculature; reactive hypermia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; FLOW-MEDIATED DILATION TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTAR FLEXION EXERCISE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD FLOW; DILATATION; EXERCISE; FEMORAL ARTERY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DILATATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017107575     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/EP085980     Document Type: Article

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