Numerical modeling of stress in stenotic arteries with microcalcifications: A micromechanical approximation

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Wenk, Jonathan F ^a   Papadopoulos, Panayiotis ^a   Zohdi, Tarek I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrous cap; Finite elements; Microcalcifications; Stress concentration

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAP THICKNESS; CAROTID ARTERY; CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRESS; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; FIBROUS CAP; FIBROUS TISSUE; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENTS; HOMOGENIZATION THEORY; LOCAL STRESS; MACROSCOPIC HETEROGENEITY; MATERIAL RESPONSE; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MICRO-SCALES; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELING; PLAQUE RUPTURE; STENOTIC ARTERIES; STRESS FIELD;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROCESS MODEL; ARTERY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCINOSIS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77956805034     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001351     Document Type: Article

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