Shear strain in the adventitial layer of the arterial wall facilitates development of vulnerable plaques

Bioscience Hypotheses

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 339-342

  Idzenga, T ^a   Pasterkamp, G ^b   de Korte, C L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elastography; Neovascularisation; Shear strain; Vulnerable plaques

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR STRESS; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 69949105957     PISSN: 17562392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bihy.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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