A phenomenological model for atherosclerotic plaque growth and rupture

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 437-443

  Zohdi, T I ^a   Holzapfel, G A ^b   Berger, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque; Plaque growth; Plaque rupture; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

MODELING;

ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW; CELL ADHESION; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; GEOMETRY; INFLAMMATION; INTIMA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONOCYTE; OCCLUSION; OXIDATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THROMBOGENESIS;

ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

THROMBUS;

EID: 1542268962     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.11.025     Document Type: Article

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