Changing views of the biomechanics of vulnerable plaque rupture: A review

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 415-431

  Cardoso, Luis ^a   Weinbaum, Sheldon ^a  

^a City College of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics of rupture; Fibrous cap; Human atheroma; Microcalcification hypothesis; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TISSUE;

CRITICAL THRESHOLD; EXPLOSIVE GROWTH; FIBROUS CAP; HIGH STRESS CONCENTRATION; HUMAN ATHEROMA; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; TISSUE PROPERTIES; VULNERABLE PLAQUES;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

LIPID;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADVENTITIA; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY; FIBROUS CAP THICKNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PEAK CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899438165     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0855-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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