Are the fractal skeletons the explanation for the narrowing of arteries due to cell trapping in a disturbed blood flow?

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 276-281

  Schelin, Adriane B ^a   Károlyi, Gyö'rgy ^b   De Moura, Alessandro P S ^c   Booth, Nuala ^d   Grebogi, Celso ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Cardiovascular system; Chaos; Nonlinear dynamics

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CELL TRAPPING; CHAOTIC ADVECTION; FILAMENTARY PARTICLES; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; STENOSES; STRETCHING DYNAMICS; THROMBUS FORMATION; VESSEL WALLS;

ADVECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHAOS THEORY; HEMODYNAMICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

FRACTALS;

ANEURYSM; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; EXERCISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST;

CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84857052276     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: 18790534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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