Wall shear rates differ between the normal carotid, femoral, and brachial arteries: An in vivo MRI study

To investigate wall shear rates in vivo in the common carotid, brachial, and superficial femoral arteries using very high resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) phase contrast measurements.

[1]  Arnold P G Hoeks,et al.  Shear stress depends on vascular territory: comparison between common carotid and brachial artery. , 2003, Journal of applied physiology.

[2]  A D Hughes,et al.  Inter-individual variations in wall shear stress and mechanical stress distributions at the carotid artery bifurcation of healthy humans. , 2002, Journal of biomechanics.

[3]  R S Reneman,et al.  In the femoral artery bifurcation, differences in mean wall shear stress within subjects are associated with different intima-media thicknesses. , 1999, Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology.

[4]  V. Gahtan,et al.  Localization of atherosclerosis: role of hemodynamics. , 1999, Archives of surgery.

[5]  P Boesiger,et al.  Distribution of early atherosclerotic lesions in the human abdominal aorta correlates with wall shear stresses measured in vivo. , 1999, European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery.

[6]  A. Gnasso,et al.  NIDDM is associated with lower wall shear stress of the common carotid artery. , 1999, Diabetes.

[7]  Bruce Neal,et al.  1999 World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension. Guidelines Subcommittee. , 1999, Journal of hypertension.

[8]  R S Reneman,et al.  Differences in near-wall shear rate in the carotid artery within subjects are associated with different intima-media thicknesses. , 1998, Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology.

[9]  P Boesiger,et al.  Quantitation of circumferential subpixel vessel wall position and wall shear stress by multiple sectored three‐dimensional paraboloid modeling of velocity encoded cine MR , 1998, Magnetic resonance in medicine.

[10]  R S Reneman,et al.  Wall shear stress in the human common carotid artery as function of age and gender. , 1998, Cardiovascular research.

[11]  S. Oyre,et al.  Accurate noninvasive quantitation of blood flow, cross-sectional lumen vessel area and wall shear stress by three-dimensional paraboloid modeling of magnetic resonance imaging velocity data. , 1998, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[12]  B. Berk,et al.  Laminar shear stress: mechanisms by which endothelial cells transduce an atheroprotective force. , 1998, Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology.

[13]  M. Gimbrone,et al.  Biomechanical activation: an emerging paradigm in endothelial adhesion biology. , 1997, The Journal of clinical investigation.

[14]  A. Gnasso,et al.  Association between intima-media thickness and wall shear stress in common carotid arteries in healthy male subjects. , 1996, Circulation.

[15]  P. Tsao,et al.  Fluid flow inhibits endothelial adhesiveness. Nitric oxide and transcriptional regulation of VCAM-1. , 1996, Circulation.

[16]  J. Lohrmann,et al.  Prevalence and association of atherosclerosis at three different arterial sites in patients with type III hyperlipoproteinemia. , 1996, Atherosclerosis.

[17]  R. Pettigrew,et al.  Determination of wall shear stress in the aorta with the use of MR phase velocity mapping , 1995, Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI.

[18]  R S Reneman,et al.  Noninvasive determination of shear-rate distribution across the arterial lumen. , 1995, Hypertension.

[19]  S Glagov,et al.  Fluid wall shear stress measurements in a model of the human abdominal aorta: oscillatory behavior and relationship to atherosclerosis. , 1994, Atherosclerosis.

[20]  H. S. Struijker Boudier,et al.  Short- and long-term effects of smoking on arterial wall properties in habitual smokers. , 1993, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[21]  M H Buonocore.  Blood flow measurement using variable velocity encoding in the RR interval , 1993, Magnetic resonance in medicine.

[22]  P Boesiger,et al.  FID-acquired-echos (FAcE): a short echo time imaging method for flow artefact suppression. , 1991, Magnetic resonance imaging.

[23]  M. Labarbera.  Principles of design of fluid transport systems in zoology. , 1990, Science.

[24]  A. Simon,et al.  Non-invasive evaluation of segmental pressure drop and resistance in large arteries in humans based on a Poiseuille model of intra-arterial velocity distribution. , 1990, Cardiovascular research.

[25]  A. Simon,et al.  Abnormal wall shear conditions in the brachial artery of hypertensive patients. , 1990, Journal of Hypertension.

[26]  D N Ku,et al.  Reverse flow in the major infrarenal vessels--a capacitive phenomenon. , 1988, Biorheology.

[27]  D E McMillan,et al.  Blood flow and the localization of atherosclerotic plaques. , 1985, Stroke.

[28]  D. Ku,et al.  Pulsatile Flow and Atherosclerosis in the Human Carotid Bifurcation: Positive Correlation between Plaque Location and Low and Oscillating Shear Stress , 1985, Arteriosclerosis.

[29]  G. Hutchins,et al.  Arterial geometry affects hemodynamics. A potential risk factor for athersoclerosis. , 1983, Atherosclerosis.