High shear stress induces a strain increase in human coronary plaques over a 6-month period

EuroIntervention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-127

  Gijsen, Frank J H ^a,b   Mastik, Frits ^a   Schaar, Johannes A ^a   Schuurbiers, Johan C H ^a   Van Der Giessen, Wim J ^a,b   De Feyter, Pim J ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a   Van Der Steen, Anton F W ^a,b   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Intravascular ultrasound; Palpography; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PALPOGRAPHY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 80051751706     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV7I1A20     Document Type: Article

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