Effect of tissue properties, shape and orientation of microcalcifications on vulnerable cap stability using different hyperelastic constitutive models

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 870-877

  Cardoso, Luis ^a,b   Kelly Arnold, Adreanne ^a   Maldonado, Natalia ^a   Laudier, Damien ^a   Weinbaum, Sheldon ^a,b  

^a City College of New York   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrous cap rupture; Micro computed tomography; Microcalcifications; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES; CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRESS; FIBROUS CAP RUPTURE; HYPERELASTIC CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTORS; VULNERABLE PLAQUES;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CALCIFICATION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FIBROATHEROMA; GEOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROCALCIFICATION; PEAK CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

FIBROUS CAP RUPTURE; MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; VULNERABLE PLAQUE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY VESSELS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84894645158     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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