In Vivo Wall Shear Stress Distribution in the Carotid Artery
Author(s) -
Michael Markl,
Felix Wegent,
Timo Zech,
Simon Bauer,
Christoph Strecker,
Martin Schumacher,
Cornelius Weiller,
Jürgen Hennig,
Andreas Harloff
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.110.958504
Subject(s) - medicine , internal carotid artery , stenosis , common carotid artery , shear stress , blood flow , hemodynamics , artery , cardiology , carotid arteries , geometry , materials science , mathematics , composite material
he purpose of this study was to analyze the in vivo distribution of absolute wall shear stress (WSS(abs)) and oscillatory shear index (OSI) in the carotid bifurcation and to evaluate its dependence on bifurcation geometry, the presence of internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis, and recanalization therapy.
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