Wall shear stress in the human common carotid artery as function of age and gender
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- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Cardiovascular Research
- Vol. 39 (2) , 515-522
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0008-6363(98)00074-1
Abstract
Objectives: It has been postulated that in the arterial system mean wall shear stress is maintained at a constant value. The present study was perforKeywords
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