Herein,the authors review the seminal works that have led to an understanding of not only complex local hemodynamics but also the elicited specific biologic response.

• 本文作者综述了颈动脉分叉部复杂的局部血液动力学改变,也包括了血液动力学改变所引起的特殊的细胞生物学反应的主要进展。