Biomechanics of atherosclerotic coronary plaque: Site, stability and in vivo elasticity modeling

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 269-279

  Ohayon, Jacques ^a,b   Finet, Gerard ^c   Le Floc'h, Simon ^d   Cloutier, Guy ^e   Gharib, Ahmed M ^f   Heroux, Julie ^f   Pettigrew, Roderic I ^f,g  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial remodeling; Atherosclerotic plaque; Biomechanics wall stress and elastic modulus; Coronary artery disease; Modeling; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; DISEASES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MODELS;

ARTERIAL REMODELING; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; WALL STRESS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY BIFURCATION LESION; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DIRECTIONAL ATHERECTOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FIBROUS CAP THICKNESS; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFLAMMATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; NECROTIC CORE AREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPOGRAPHY; PEAK CAP STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELASTICITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84899413517     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0888-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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