Local Hemodynamics: An Innocent Bystander or a Critical Factor Regulating Neoatherosclerotic Evolution?

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Aug 17;8(9):e149-e150. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.04.022. Epub 2015 Jul 22.

Affiliations

¹ The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Interventional Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Center, Bart's Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ Department of Interventional Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
⁶ The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: cbourantas@gmail.com.

PMID: 26210805
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.04.022

No abstract available

Keywords: hemodynamics; neoatherosclerosis; optical coherence tomography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Computer Simulation
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis
Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
Coronary Artery Disease / therapy*
Coronary Circulation*
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / physiopathology*
Hemodynamics*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Cardiovascular
Neointima*
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / adverse effects
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / instrumentation
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
Risk Factors
Rupture, Spontaneous
Stents
Stress, Mechanical
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography