Exercise, Shear Stress, and Flow-Mediated Dilation of Human Conduit Arteries
Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) refers to the relaxation of vascular smooth muscle and the subsequent dilation of the vessel in response to increases in shear stress on the endothelial lining accompanying increases in blood flow. The phenomenon has been shown to be endothelium dependent and as such is...
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4887 |