Computer simulations of atherosclerotic plaque growth in coronary arteries

MCB Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 193-202

  Liu, Biyue ^a   Tang, Dalin ^b  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Life Science and Bioengineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow simulation; Coronary artery; Plaque progression; Plaque wall thickness increase; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW SIMULATIONS; CORONARY ARTERIES; PLAQUE PROGRESSION; WALL SHEAR STRESS; WALL THICKNESS;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; FUNCTIONS; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; INLET FLOW; INTAKE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

FLOW SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 79251513639     PISSN: 15565297     EISSN: 15565300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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