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A multiscale modelling approach to understand atherosclerosis formation: A patient-specific case study in the aortic bifurcation

Atherogenesis, the formation of plaques in the wall of blood vessels, starts as a result of lipid accumulation (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) in the vessel wall. Such accumulation is related to the site of endothelial mechanotransduction, the endothelial response to mechanical stimuli and hae...

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Autores principales: Alimohammadi, Mona, Pichardo-Almarza, Cesar, Agu, Obiekezie, Díaz-Zuccarini, Vanessa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5405845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28427316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954411917697356