Strain distribution over plaques in human coronary arteries relates to shear stress

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Gijsen, Frank J H ^a   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^a,b   Thury, Attila ^a   Mastik, Frits ^a   Schaar, Johannes A ^a   Schuurbiers, Johan C H ^a   Slager, Cornelis J ^a   Van Der Giessen, Wim J ^a,b   De Feyter, Pim J ^a   Van Der Steen, Anton F W ^a,b   Serruys, Patrick W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Intravascular ultrasound; Palpography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 57049144381     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01081.2007     Document Type: Article

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