Biomechanical factors in atherosclerosis: Mechanisms and clinical implications

European Heart Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 3013-3020

  Kwak, Brenda R ^a   Bäck, Magnus ^b   Bochaton Piallat, Marie Luce ^a   Caligiuri, Giuseppina ^c   Daemen, Mat J A P ^d   Davies, Peter F ^e   Hoefer, Imo E ^f   Holvoet, Paul ^g   Jo, Hanjoong ^h   Krams, Rob ⁱ   Lehoux, Stephanie ^j   Monaco, Claudia ^k   Steffens, Sabine ^l   Virmani, Renu ^m   Weber, Christian ^l   Wentzel, Jolanda J ⁿ   Evans, Paul C ^o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^m CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁿ ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood flow; Endothelial cell; Haemodynamics; Mechanotransduction; Plaque rupture

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTERY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICAL FORCE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FORCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WALL STRESS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL AGING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUPTURE; VASCULAR REMODELING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

APOPTOSIS; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMARKERS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASCULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84911948133     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu353     Document Type: Review

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