Numerical analysis of the cooling effect of blood over inflamed atherosclerotic plaque

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kim, Taehong ^a   Ley, Obdulia ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial wall temperature; Atherosclerotic plaque; Blood flow occlusion; Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CALCULATIONS; CATHETERS; COOLING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GEOMETRY; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

(1 1 0) SURFACE; ARTERIAL GEOMETRY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIONS; ARTERIAL WALLS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES; BLOOD FLOWS; COOLING EFFECTS; ENERGY EQUATION (EE); INFLAMMATORY CELLS; LOCAL TEMPERATURES; MEASUREMENT PROCESSES; METABOLIC ACTIVITIES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NON-UNIFORM TEMPERATURE; REQUIRED TIME; STEADY TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILING; TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; VESSEL LUMEN;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD; CATHETER; CELL METABOLISM; COOLING; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALORIMETRY; CATHETERIZATION; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; KINETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CALORIMETRY; CATHETERIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 46749123490     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2913236     Document Type: Article

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