Intravascular imaging of coronary calcification and its clinical implications

GS Mintz - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2015 - jacc.org
Calcium impacts the natural history and treatment of coronary artery disease in many ways.
Intravascular imaging studies, mostly intravascular ultrasound, but more recently studies …

Revisiting cardiovascular calcification: A multifaceted disease requiring a multidisciplinary approach

JD Hutcheson, C Goettsch, MA Rogers… - Seminars in Cell & …, 2015 - Elsevier
The presence of cardiovascular calcification significantly predicts patients' morbidity and
mortality. Calcific mineral deposition within the soft cardiovascular tissues disrupts the …

Imaging and analysis of microcalcifications and lipid/necrotic core calcification in fibrous cap atheroma

N Maldonado, A Kelly-Arnold, D Laudier… - The international journal …, 2015 - Springer
The presence of microcalcifications (µCalcs)> 5 µm within the cap of human fibroatheroma
has been shown to produce a 200–700% increase in peak circumferential stress, which can …

Artery buckling affects the mechanical stress in atherosclerotic plaques

A Sanyal, HC Han - Biomedical engineering online, 2015 - Springer
Background Tortuous arteries are often seen in patients with hypertension and
atherosclerosis. While the mechanical stress in atherosclerotic plaque under lumen …

[引用][C] Non-linear Anisotropic Mechanical Behaviour of Soft and Hard Tissues

DRN BE - 2015 - College of Engineering and …