Impact of plaques in the left coronary artery on wall shear stress and pressure gradient in coronary side branches

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 108-118

  Chaichana, Thanapong ^a   Sun, Zhonghua ^a   Jewkes, James ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; coronary blood flow; coronary disease; wall pressure stress gradient; wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD FLOWS; CORONARY DISEASE; WALL PRESSURE; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES;

HEART;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; THORAX PAIN;

AORTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84890750385     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2012.671308     Document Type: Article

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