Influence of microcalcifications on vulnerable plaque mechanics using FSI modeling

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1111-1118

  Bluestein, Danny ^a   Alemu, Yared ^a   Avrahami, Idit ^b,e   Gharib, Morteza ^b   Dumont, Kris ^a   Ricotta, John J ^c   Einav, Shmuel ^a,d  

^a St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e Afeka College of Engineering   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Fibrous cap; FSI; Microcalcification; Numerical modeling; Rupture; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ECCENTRIC STENOSIS MODELS; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION (FSI); MICROCALCIFICATIONS;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; STENOSIS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THICKNESS; WALL STRESS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 40349096464     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.11.029     Document Type: Article

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