Estimation of wall shear stress dynamic fluctuations in intracranial atherosclerotic lesions using computational fluid dynamics

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-334

  Schirmer, Clemens M ^a   Malek, Adel M ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Fluid mechanics; Stenosis; Stenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; OSCILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; STENOSIS; STENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ATHERECTOMY; BIOLOGY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STATISTICS;

AGED; ATHERECTOMY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 64849104371     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000313119.73941.9E     Document Type: Article

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