A uni-extension study on the ultimate material strength and extreme extensibility of atherosclerotic tissue in human carotid plaques

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 3859-3867

  Teng, Zhongzhao ^a   Feng, Jiaxuan ^b   Zhang, Yongxue ^b   Sutcliffe, Michael P F ^a   Huang, Yuan ^a   Brown, Adam J ^a   Jing, Zaiping ^b   Lu, Qingsheng ^b   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Extensibility; Fibrous cap; Hemorrhage; Lipid core; Ultimate strength

Indexed keywords

STRESS ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EXTENSIBILITY; FIBROUS CAP; HEMORRHAGE; LIPID CORES; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

LIPID;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; BLEEDING; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTREME EXTENSIBILITY; FIBROUS CAP; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LOADING TEST; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THROMBUS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTIMATE MATERIAL STRENGTH; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84947087097     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.09.037     Document Type: Article

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