A new imaging technique to study 3-D plaque and shear stress distribution in human coronary artery bifurcations in vivo

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2349-2357

  Gijsen, Frank J H ^a   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^a   Thury, Attila ^a   Lamers, Bram ^a   Schuurbiers, Johan C H ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a   van der Steen, Antonius F ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary bifurcation; Hemodynamics; Imaging; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; PLAQUE VULNERABILITY; WALL THICKNESS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; SHEAR STRESS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISCOSITY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34447629570     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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