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Cardiology

proposal that early atheroma forms preferentially where arterial wall shear stress is low, explaining its patchy distribution at branches and bends.

In cardiology, low shear stress hypothesis refers to proposal that early atheroma forms preferentially where arterial wall shear stress is low, explaining its patchy distribution at branches and bends. This meaning comes from Caro (1969) in Nature.[1]

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Caro, C. G., Fitz-gerald, J. M., & Schroter, R. C. (1969). Arterial Wall Shear and Distribution of Early Atheroma in Man. Nature, 223(5211), 1159-1161. https://doi.org/10.1038/2231159a0

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