3D computational parametric analysis of eccentric atheroma plaque: Influence of axial and circumferential residual stresses

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1001-1013

  Cilla, M ^a,b   Pena E ^a,b   Martinez M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Hyperelastic material; Lipid core; Parametric analysis; Parametric finite element analysis; Residual stress; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HEART; RESIDUAL STRESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE;

CAP THICKNESS; CORONARY DISEASE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSE; HYPERELASTIC MATERIALS; LIPID CORES; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSE; PARAMETRIC FINITE ELEMENTS; PLAQUE RUPTURE; VULNERABLE PLAQUES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

LIPID;

ADVENTITIA; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FIBROSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADVENTITIA; ALGORITHMS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ELASTICITY; FIBROSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIPIDS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84865658092     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-011-0369-0     Document Type: Article

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