Cyclic bending contributes to high stress in a human coronary atherosclerotic plaque and rupture risk: In vitro experimental modeling and ex vivo MRI-based computational modeling approach

MCB Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 259-274

  Yang, Chun ^a,b   Tang, Dalin ^a   Kobayashi, Shunichi ^c   Zheng, Jie ^d   Woodard, Pamela K ^c   Teng, Zhongzhao ^a   Bach, Richard ^e   Ku, David N ^f  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque rupture; Blood flow; Cardiovascular; Coronary artery; Cyclic bending; Fluid structure interaction

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE RUPTURE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR; CORONARY ARTERY; CYCLIC BENDING;

BLOOD; CYCLIC LOADS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; STRESSES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 65749094697     PISSN: 15565297     EISSN: 15565300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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