Introduction to the biomechanics of carotid plaque pathogenesis and rupture: Review of the clinical evidence

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 993, 2010, Pages 729-735

  Makris, Gregory C ^a,b   Nicolaides, A N ^b   Xu, X Y ^b   Geroulakos, G ^a,b  

^a EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEDLINE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THROMBOGENICITY; ULTRASOUND; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77956007131     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/49957752     Document Type: Review

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