Prediction of coronary artery plaque progression and potential rupture from 320-detector row prospectively ECG-gated single heart beat CT angiography: Lattice Boltzmann evaluation of endothelial shear stress

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 289-299

  Rybicki, Frank J ^a   Melchionna, Simone ^b,c,d   Mitsouras, Dimitris ^a   Coskun, Ahmet U ^a,e   Whitmore, Amanda G ^a   Steigner, Michael ^a   Nallamshetty, Leelakrishna ^a   Welt, Fredrick G ^a   Bernaschi, Massimo ^f   Borkin, Michelle ^b   Sircar, Joy ^b   Kaxiras, Efthimios ^b   Succi, Sauro ^f,g   Stone, Peter H ^a   Feldman, Charles L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d INFM   (Italy)

^e Northeastern University   (United States)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; Coronary disease; Shear stress; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTHELIAL SHEAR STRESS; GATED IMAGING; HEART BEAT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 67849092675     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9418-x     Document Type: Article

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