ARTREAT project: computer, experimental and clinical analysis of three-dimensional plaque formation and progression in arteries
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2011
abstract:
Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease characterized by inflammation, monocyte-macrophage migration, and lipid accumulation in the vascular wall. Atherosclerosis is initially characterized by endothelial dysfunction, which favors lipid and cell elements crossing inside blood vessel wall.
Iris type:
01.01 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
atherosclerosis; plaque formation and progression; computer modeling; finite element method; IVUS; histology
List of contributors:
Vozzi, Federico
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