Wall shear stress and local plaque development in stenosed carotid arteries of hypercholesterolemic minipigs

Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 76-83

  Thim, Troels ^a   Hagensen, Mette Kallestrup ^a   Hørlyck, Arne ^b   Kim, Won Yong ^a,b   Niemann, Anders K ^b   Thrysøe, Samuel Alberg ^b   Drouet, Ludovic ^b   Paaske, William P ^c   Bøtker, Hans Erik ^a   Falk, Erling ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Institut des Vaisseaux et du Sang   (France)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; carotid artery; magnetic resonance imaging; vulnerable plaque; wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEEDING; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; XANTHOMA;

EID: 84860727625     PISSN: 09753583     EISSN: 09762833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-3583.95358     Document Type: Article

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