Tortuosity of Coronary Bifurcation as a Potential Local Risk Factor for Atherosclerosis: CFD Steady State Study Based on In Vivo Dynamic CT Measurements

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 82-93

  Malve M ^a,b,c   Gharib, A M ^d   Yazdani, S K ^e   Finet, G ^f   Martinez M A ^b,c   Pettigrew, R ^d   Ohayon, J ^g,h  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

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

^e University of South Alabama   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^g LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; CFD; Coronary bifurcation; Hemodynamics; Tortuosity; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISEASES; GEOMETRY; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; SHEAR STRESS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; HEMODYNAMIC FORCES; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERIES; STRONG CORRELATION; TORTUOSITY; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84920707326     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-014-1056-y     Document Type: Article

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