Stress analysis of carotid atheroma in transient ischemic attack patients: Evidence for extreme stress-induced plaque rupture

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2203-2212

  Gao, Hao ^a,b   Long, Quan ^a   Das, Saroj Kumar ^a,c   Sadat, Umar ^d   Graves, Martin ^d   Gillard, Jonathan H ^d   Li, Zhi Yong ^d,e  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; MRI; Plaque rupture; Stress analysis; TIA

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; ANALYSIS OF LOCAL STRESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONCENTRATION REGION; DATA SETS; FLUID-STRUCTURES; GEOMETRY RECONSTRUCTION; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIGH STRESS; IN-VIVO; LOCAL STRESS CONCENTRATION; MR IMAGING; MRI IMAGE; MULTI-SPECTRAL; PLAQUE RUPTURE; RUPTURE LOCATION; STRESS-INDUCED; STRUCTURAL FAILURE; TIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS; WALL STRESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FRACTURE MECHANICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESONANCE; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

STRESS ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80051550088     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0314-5     Document Type: Article

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