Quantifying effects of plaque structure and material properties on stress distributions in human atherosclerotic plaques using 3D FSI models

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1185-1194

  Tang, Dalin ^a   Yang, Chun ^a,b   Zheng, Jie ^c   Woodard, Pamela K ^c   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^d   Sicard, Gregorio A ^e   Pilgram, Thomas K ^c   Yuan, Chun ^f  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYNDROMES; PLAQUE STRUCTURE; STRAIN DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EROSION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERIAL STATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULSATILE FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; STRESS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 30344460560     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2073668     Document Type: Article

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