Relation between the structural asymmetry of coronary branch vessels and the angle at their origin

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-278

  Friedman, Morton H ^a   Ding, Zhaohua ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary artery; Intimal thickening; Morphometry; Vascular geometry

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; LIPIDS; MORPHOLOGY;

CORONARY BRANCH VESSELS; INTIMAL THICKENING; MORPHOMETRY; STRUCTURAL SYMMETRY; VASCULAR GEOMETRY;

BLOOD VESSELS;

LIPID;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031578641     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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