Localizing role of hemodynamics in atherosclerosis in several human vertebrobasilar junction geometries

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 708-716

  Ravensbergen, J ^a   Ravensbergen, J W ^a   Krijger, J K B ^a   Hillen, B ^a   Hoogstraten, H W ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Basilar artery; Computational hemodynamics; Geometry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031862983     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.5.708     Document Type: Article

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