Vulnerable plaque: The biomechanics of matter

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 351-352

  Chatzizisis, Yiannis S ^a   Antoniadis, Antonios P ^a   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^b   Giannoglou, George D ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Biomechanical forces; Coronary arteries; Strain

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORTALITY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NOTE; PHENOTYPE; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

ATHERECTOMY; CORONARY VESSELS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84907077306     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.07.032     Document Type: Note

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