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Development of a Patient-Specific Multi-Scale Model to Understand Atherosclerosis and Calcification Locations: Comparison with In vivo Data in an Aortic Dissection

Vascular calcification results in stiffening of the aorta and is associated with hypertension and atherosclerosis. Atherogenesis is a complex, multifactorial, and systemic process; the result of a number of factors, each operating simultaneously at several spatial and temporal scales. The ability to...

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Autores principales: Alimohammadi, Mona, Pichardo-Almarza, Cesar, Agu, Obiekezie, Díaz-Zuccarini, Vanessa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4914588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27445834
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2016.00238