In arterial blood flow, the wall shear stress expresses the force per unit area exerted by the
wall on the fluid in a direction on the local tangent plane. There is substantial evidence that …

An important concept for vascular remodeling, termed Glagov's phenomenon, is that arteries
remodel to maintain constant flow despite increases in atherosclerotic lesion mass. Although …

Globally, cardiovascular diseases are seen as one of the largest economic burdens on
society and the single largest cause of death, with atherosclerosis the leading cause of …

Stent design and geometry influence the fluid mechanical environment in an artery and
hence affect clinical outcomes of restenosis. There is clearly a role for biomechanics in …

This study aimed at investigating the effect of myocardial motion on pulsating blood flow
distribution of the left anterior descending coronary artery in the presence of atheromatous …

The average wall shear stress (WSS) is in 1 Pa range in coronary arteries, while the
stretching effect of an implanted coronary stent can generate up to 3× 10 5 times higher …

Stent implantation during coronary intervention has been shown to be very beneficial to
maintain blood flow through the arteries after treating coronary stenosis. In bare metal stents …

Stress and deformation in arterial wall tissue are factors which may influence significantly its
response and evolution. In this work we develop models based on nonlinear elasticity and …

Intimal hyperplasia plays an important role in various types of vascular remodeling.
Mechanical forces derived from blood flow are associated with the proliferation of vascular …

Tissue biomechanical properties (like strain and stress) are playing an increasing role in
diagnosis and long-term treatment of intravascular coronary diseases. Their assessment …