Role of biomechanical forces in the natural history of coronary atherosclerosis

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 210-220

  Brown, Adam J ^a   Teng, Zhongzhao ^b   Evans, Paul C ^c   Gillard, Jonathan H ^b   Samady, Habib ^d   Bennett, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PLAQUE STRUCTURAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR REMODELING; ANIMAL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RUPTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROGNOSIS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84955569234     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2015.203     Document Type: Review

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