Inter-individual variations in wall shear stress and mechanical stress distributions at the carotid artery bifurcation of healthy humans

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1367-1377

  Zhao, S Z ^a   Ariff, B ^b   Long, Q ^a   Hughes, A D ^b   Thom, S A ^b   Stanton, A V ^b   Xu, X Y ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial wall mechanics; Atherosclerosis; Carotid bifurcation; Numerical modelling; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRESS; ULTRASONICS;

TONOMETRY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; THICKNESS; TONOMETRY; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0036804409     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(02)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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