Human coronary plaque wall thickness correlated positively with flow shear stress and negatively with plaque wall stress: An IVUS-based fluid-structure interaction multi-patient study

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fan, Rui ^a   Tang, Dalin ^b,c   Yang, Chun ^c,d   Zheng, Jie ^e   Bach, Richard ^f   Wang, Liang ^b   Muccigrosso, David ^e   Billiar, Kristen ^g   Zhu, Jian ^b   Ma, Genshan ^b   Maehara, Akiko ^h   Mintz, Gary S ^h  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^d CHINA UNICOM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^h Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary; Fluid structure interaction; IVUS; Plaque progression; Plaque rupture

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CYCLIC LOADS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HEART; SHEAR STRESS; ULTRASONICS; DIAGNOSIS; DYNAMIC LOADS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SHEAR FLOW; STRESSES;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; IVUS; PLAQUE PROGRESSION; PLAQUE RUPTURE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

PATIENT TREATMENT; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY DEVICE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND CATHETER; MALE; SHEAR STRESS; WALL STRESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FLOW RATE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

PISONIA ACULEATA;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84897935190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-13-32     Document Type: Article

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