Mechanical analysis of heterogeneous, atherosclerotic human aorta

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 602-607

  Beattie, D ^a   Xu, C ^b   Vito, R ^a   Glagov, S ^b   Whang, M C ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

STRAIN DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMECHANICS;

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHYSICAL STRESS; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMATOMA; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032189667     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2834750     Document Type: Article

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