Flow-mediated dilation stimulated by sustained increases in shear stress: A useful tool for assessing endothelial function in humans?

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 314, Issue 3, 2018, Pages H508-H520

  Tremblay, Joshua C ^a   Pyke, Kyra E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Exercise; Flow mediated dilation; Nitric oxide; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTATION; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HEATING; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIMB HEATING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE HYPEREMIA FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUSTAINED SHEAR STRESS STIMULUS FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; TISSUE BY COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION; VASODILATATION; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; EXERCISE TEST; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 85045505682     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00534.2017     Document Type: Review

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