Combined imaging, computational and histological analysis of a ruptured carotid plaque: A patient-specific analysis

Artery Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 59-65

  Soloperto, Giulia ^a   Keenan, Niall G ^b   Sheppard, Mary N ^c   Ohayon, Jacques ^d   Wood, Nigel B ^a   Pennell, Dudley J ^b   Mohiaddin, Raad H ^b   Xu, Xiao Yun ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Computational biomechanics; Computational haemodynamics; MRI; Plaque rupture

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURED CAROTID PLAQUE; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; STENOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 77954658875     PISSN: 18729312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artres.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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