Localized Elevation of Shear Stress Is Related to Coronary Plaque Rupture. A 3-Dimensional Intravascular Ultrasound Study With In-Vivo Color Mapping of Shear Stress Distribution

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 645-650

  Fukumoto, Yusaku ^a   Hiro, Takafumi ^a   Fujii, Takashi ^a   Hashimoto, Genta ^a   Fujimura, Tatsuhiro ^a   Yamada, Jutaro ^a   Okamura, Takayuki ^a   Matsuzaki, Masunori ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY PLAQUE RUPTURE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 38849201732     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.10.030     Document Type: Article

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