Necrotic core thickness and positive arterial remodeling index: Emergent biomechanical factors for evaluating the risk of plaque rupture

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Ohayon, Jacques ^a,b   Finet, Gérard ^c   Gharib, Ahmed M ^a   Herzka, Daniel A ^a,d   Tracqui, Philippe ^b   Heroux, Julie ^a   Rioufol, Gilles ^c   Kotys, Melanie S ^a   Elagha, Abdalla ^a   Pettigrew, Roderic I ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Gestes Medico Chir Institut de l'Ingénierie et de l'Information en Santé   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Biomechanics; Coronary disease; Expansive remodeling; Wall stress

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY REMODELING INDEX; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NECROTIC CORE THICKNESS; NONHUMAN; PEAK CAP STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TISSUE NECROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NECROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 52449102198     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00005.2008     Document Type: Article

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