Long time evolution of atherosclerotic plaques

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 297, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Bulelzai, M A K ^a   Dubbeldam, Johan L A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hemodynamics; Plaque growth; Remodeling; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

EQUILIBRIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 84856742933     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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