Morphological and Stress Vulnerability Indices for Human Coronary Plaques and Their Correlations with Cap Thickness and Lipid Percent: An IVUS-Based Fluid-Structure Interaction Multi-patient Study.

Plaque vulnerability, defined as the likelihood that a plaque would rupture, is difficult to quantify due to lack of in vivo plaque rupture data. Morphological and stress-based plaque vulnerability indices were introduced as alternatives to obtain quantitative vulnerability assessment. Correlations...

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Main Authors: Liang Wang, Jie Zheng, Akiko Maehara, Chun Yang, Kristen L Billiar, Zheyang Wu, Richard Bach, David Muccigrosso, Gary S Mintz, Dalin Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-12-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4674138?pdf=render