Stratification of risk in thin cap fibroatheromas using peak plaque stress estimates from idealized finite element models

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1330-1338

  Dolla, William Jacob S ^a   House, John A ^a   Marso, Steven P ^a,b  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Stress; Thin cap fibroatheroma; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

CAP THICKNESS; CATHETER-BASED IMAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CORONARY ARTERIES; DETECTION ALGORITHM; ELASTIC MEMBRANES; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GLOBAL REGISTRY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PEAK STRESS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLAQUE RUPTURE; THIN-CAP FIBROATHEROMA; VON MISES STRESS; VULNERABLE PLAQUES;

BLOOD VESSELS; STRESSES; ULTRASONICS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY PLAQUE STRESS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; EXTERNAL ELASTIC MEMBRANE DIAMETER; FIBROUS CAP THICKNESS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LUMEN DIAMETER; NECROTIC CORE ANGLE; NECROTIC CORE THICKNESS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CORONARY VESSELS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84867206255     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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