Intraplaque hemorrhage is associated with higher structural stresses in human atherosclerotic plaques: An in vivo MRI-based 3d fluid-structure interaction study

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Huang, Xueying ^a,b   Teng, Zhongzhao ^b,c   Canton, Gador ^d   Ferguson, Marina ^d   Yuan, Chun ^d   Tang, Dalin ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL STRESS; CAROTID PLAQUES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FLOW SHEAR STRESS; HUMAN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES; IMAGE-BASED; IN-VIVO; LIPID CORES; MEAN FLOW SHEAR; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEDICAL IMAGES; MULTICOMPONENTS; NODAL POINTS; PLAQUE PROGRESSION; STRUCTURAL STRESS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; WALL STRESS;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78650671853     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-9-86     Document Type: Article

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