Theoretical models for coronary vascular biomechanics: Progress & challenges

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 49-76

  Waters, Sarah L ^a   Alastruey, Jordi ^b   Beard, Daniel A ^c   Bovendeerd, Peter H M ^b   Davies, Peter F ^d   Jayaraman, Girija ^e   Jensen, Oliver E ^f   Lee, Jack ^a   Parker, Kim H ^b   Popel, Aleksander S ^g   Secomb, Timothy W ^h   Siebes, Maria ⁱ   Sherwin, Spencer J ^b   Shipley, Rebecca J ^j   Smith, Nicolas P ^a   van de Vosse, Frans N ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d Institute for Environmental Medicine   (United States)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^j EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Adaptation; Cellular mechanics; Haemodynamics; Integration; Mass transport; Mathematical and computational model; Mechanics; Multi scale; Regulation; Vascular structure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CYTOLOGY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOMECHANICS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 78650923203     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2010.10.001     Document Type: Review

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