Atherosclerosis and flow in carotid arteries with authentic geometries

Biorheology

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 519-524

  Goubergrits, Leonid ^a   Affeld, K ^a   Fernandez Britto, J ^a   Falcon, L ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid bifurcation; Computational fluid dynamics; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY LESION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CADAVER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOMETRICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VESSEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORROSION CASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0036375510     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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