Can eccentric arterial plaques alone cause flow stagnation points and favour thrombus incorporation?

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-310

  Beneli, Cristina T ^a   Barbosa, Priscila F ^a   Floriano, Elaine M ^a   Abreu, Mônica A ^a   Ramalho, Fernando S ^a   Júnior, Jorge Elias ^a   Rossi, Marcos A ^a   Ramos, Simone G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood flow; Neointima; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; INTIMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOSIS; THROMBUS;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMORHEOLOGY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THROMBOSIS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 65549147674     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2008.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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