Modeling of Mechanical Stress Exerted by Cholesterol Crystallization on Atherosclerotic Plaques

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Luo, Yuemei, Cui, Dongyao, Yu, Xiaojun, Chen, Si, Liu, Xinyu, Tang, Hongying, Wang, Xianghong, Liu, Linbo
• مؤلفون آخرون: Feng, Ying-Mei
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2017
• الموضوعات: Cholesterol Crystallization; Atherosclerotic Plaques
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83119; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42415

Plaque rupture is the critical cause of cardiovascular thrombosis, but the detailed mechanisms are not fully understood. Recent studies have found abundant cholesterol crystals in ruptured plaques, and it has been proposed that the rapid expansion of cholesterol crystals in a limited space during cr...