Quantifying effect of intraplaque hemorrhage on critical plaque wall stress in human atherosclerotic plaques using three-dimensional fluid-structure interaction models

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Xueying ^a,b   Yang, Chun ^b,c   Canton, Gador ^d   Ferguson, Marina ^e   Yuan, Chun ^e   Tang, Dalin ^f  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Life Science and Bioengineering Center   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; fluid structure interactions; intraplaque hemorrhage; magnetic resonance imaging; plaque wall stress; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAP THICKNESS; COMBINED EFFECT; CURVE FITTING METHODS; END POINTS; FLOW SHEAR STRESS; HUMAN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES; INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; NODAL POINTS; NUMERICAL CONVERGENCE; PLAQUE PROGRESSION; STRESS AND STRAIN; VULNERABILITY; WALL MECHANICS; WALL STRESS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CURVE FITTING; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL PLAQUE WALL STRESS; FIBROUS CAP THICKNESS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR FIBROSIS; WALL STRESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; COMPLICATION;

CAROTID ARTERIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84870509853     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4007954     Document Type: Article

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