Cap buckling as a potential mechanism of atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 210-224

  Abdelali, Maria ^a,b   Reiter, Steven ^a,c   Mongrain, Rosaire ^a,c   Bertrand, Michel ^d   L'Allier, Philippe L ^a,b   Kritikou, Ekaterini A ^a   Tardif, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Buckling instability; Delamination; Elasticity; Finite element analysis; Plaque vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; DISEASES; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

2D FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BUCKLING INSTABILITIES; INTRALUMINAL PRESSURE; NONLINEAR MATERIAL PROPERTIES; PLAQUE VULNERABILITY; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS;

BUCKLING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE RUPTURE; CAP BUCKLING; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FIBROATHEROMA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE PRESSURE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BUCKLING INSTABILITY; DELAMINATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PLAQUE VULNERABILITY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PRESSURE; RUPTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84893347521     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.12.020     Document Type: Article

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