3D critical plaque wall stress is a better predictor of carotid plaque rupture sites than flow shear stress: An in vivo MRI-based 3D FSI study

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Teng, Zhongzhao ^a,e   Canton, Gador ^b   Yuan, Chun ^b   Ferguson, Marina ^b   Yang, Chun ^c   Huang, Xueying ^a,f   Zheng, Jie ^d   Woodard, Pamela K ^d   Tang, Dalin ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Fluid structure interaction; MRI; Plaque rupture; Stroke; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID PLAQUES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CRITICAL FLOW; CRITICAL STRESS; FLOW SHEAR STRESS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; IMAGE-BASED; IN-VIVO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; MULTICOMPONENTS; PILOT STUDIES; PLAQUE RUPTURE; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; VULNERABLE PLAQUES; WALL STRESS;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDS; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESONANCE; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WALL STRESS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PILOT PROJECTS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77955120796     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001028     Document Type: Article

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