Population
Human internal carotid arteries from subjects of varying ages
Design
Other
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Hypothesis-generating for hemodynamic targeting of carotid atherosclerosis; does not yet support site-specific screening or intervention.
Atherosclerotic lesions in the internal carotid artery preferentially localize to specific curving sites, suggesting hemodynamic factors like wall shear stress play a key role in plaque development.
Sakata et al. (1988) studied this question.
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