Growth model for cholesterol accumulation in the wall of a simplified 3D geometry of the carotid bifurcation

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 200, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 2117-2125

  Gessaghi, Valeria C ^a   Raschi, Marcelo A ^b   Tanoni, Debora Y ^b   Perazzo, Carlos A ^c   Larreteguy, Axel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ARGENTINA DE LA EMPRESA   (Argentina)

^c FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol transport; Hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

3D GEOMETRY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD SUPPLY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID BIFURCATION; CAUSES OF DEATH; CELL DEBRIS; CHOLESTEROL ACCUMULATION; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; FINITE VOLUME CODE; GROWTH MODELS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; INTIMAL THICKENINGS; LARGE SIZES; LESION FORMATION; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS; MASS ACCUMULATIONS; MASS BALANCE; MODEL APPROXIMATES; OPEN SOURCES; PHYSIOLOGIC CONDITIONS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; DEBRIS; DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MUSCLE; OPEN SYSTEMS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 79955124565     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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