Risk assessment of atherosclerotic plaques based on global biomechanics

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1290-1297

  Melchionna, Simone ^a   Amati, Giorgio ^b   Bernaschi, Massimo ^a   Bisson, Mauro ^a   Succi, Sauro ^a   Mitsouras, Dimitrios ^c   Rybicki, Frank J ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CASPUR   (Italy)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Fractional flow reserve; Hemodynamics; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVES; PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; RED BLOOD CELL; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY;

BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CELLS;

AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; ERYTHROCYTE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; GEOMETRY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

EID: 84880786423     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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