Atherosclerosis at arterial bifurcations: Evidence for the role of haemodynamics and geometry

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 484-492

  Morbiducci, Umberto ^a   Kok, Annette M ^b   Kwak, Brenda R ^c   Stone, Peter H ^d   Steinman, David A ^e   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial bifurcation; Atherosclerosis; Biomechanics; Haemodynamics; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; THROMBOMODULIN;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE; VASCULAR BIOLOGY; ANIMAL; ARTERY; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; OSCILLOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OSCILLOMETRY; RISK FACTORS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE;

EID: 84959480245     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH15-07-0597     Document Type: Review

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