Influence of lumen shape and vessel geometry on plaque stresses: Possible role in the increased vulnerability of a remodelled vessel and the "shoulder" of a plaque

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1459-1465

  Kumar, R Krishna ^a   Balakrishnan, K R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 27444435668     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.049072     Document Type: Article

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