Endothelial shear stress and coronary plaque characteristics in humans combined frequency-domain optical coherence tomography and computational fluid dynamics study

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 905-911

  Vergallo, Rocco ^a   Papafaklis, Michail I ^b   Yonetsu, Taishi ^a   Bourantas, Christos V ^c   Andreou, Ioannis ^b   Wang, Zhao ^d   Fujimoto, James G ^d   McNulty, Iris ^a   Lee, Hang ^a   Biasucci, Luigi M ^e   Crea, Filippo ^e   Feldman, Charles L ^b   Michalis, Lampros K ^f   Stone, Peter H ^b   Jang, Ik Kyung ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Optical coherence tomography; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY RISK; ENDOTHELIAL SHEAR STRESS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FIBROSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; TIME; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REGISTRIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84922392976     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.001932     Document Type: Article

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