Mechanical stress analysis of a rigid inclusion in distensible material: A model of atherosclerotic calcification and plaque vulnerability

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Hoshino, Tetsuya ^a   Chow, Lori A ^a   Hsu, Jeffrey J ^a   Perlowski, Alice A ^a   Abedin, Moeen ^a,c   Tobis, Jonathan ^a   Tintut, Yin ^a   Mal, Ajit K ^a   Klug, William S ^a   Demer, Linda L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Plaque rupture; Vascular calcification; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART STRESS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NECROSIS; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 68049084845     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00318.2009     Document Type: Article

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