General Hospital, Crotone
Researchers from Italy, France and the South Korea report details of new studies and findings in the area of angiology
Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, May 9th, 2006
Study 1: Wall shear stress is lower in the carotid artery responsible for a unilateral ischemic stroke.
"According to the focal nature of atherosclerosis, ischemic stroke is frequently unilateral. Atherosclerotic plaques are favored by local hemodynamic factors as low wall shear stress and/or elevated circumferential wall tension," investigators in Italy note.
C. Carallo and colleagues at the General Hospital in Crotone explained, "[The] aim of the present study was to investigate the possible association between hemodynamic forces and...
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