Thin-cap fibroatheroma rupture is associated with a fine interplay of shear and wall stress

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2224-2231

  Pedrigi, Ryan M ^a   De Silva, Ranil ^a   Bovens, Sandra M ^a   Mehta, Vikram V ^a   Petretto, Enrico ^a   Krams, Rob ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Biomechanical phenomena; Cellular mechanotransduction; Genomics

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MECHANICS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA RUPTURE; WALL STRESS; ANIMAL; ARTERY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FIBROSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84914168061     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.114.303426     Document Type: Review

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