The impact of calcification on the biomechanical stability of atherosclerotic plaques

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1051-1056

  Huang, Hayden ^c   Virmani, Renu ^d   Younis, Hesham ^b   Burke, Allen P ^e   Kamm, Roger D ^c   Lee, Richard T ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Armed Forces Institute of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^e ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Lipids; Plaque; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RUPTURE;

EID: 0035957024     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.8.1051     Document Type: Article

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