Atherosclerotic plaque rupture is the leading cause of mortality in cardiovascular disease.
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging is a powerful clinical technique that provides real …

Atherosclerotic plaque rupture is the major cause of acute coronary syndromes. Currently,
there is no reliable diagnostic tool to predict plaque rupture. Knowledge of plaque …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of area strain and tissue
components and vulnerability of atherosclerotic plaques in a rabbit model. Forty purebred …

Plaque elasticity (ie, modulogram) and morphology are good predictors of plaque
vulnerability. Recently, our group developed an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) elasticity …

To assess the elastic mechanical properties of atherosclerotic plaque with different
morphological properties by intravascular ultrasound elastography (IVUSE). 30 purebred …

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) elastography is an imaging technique that obtains the local
mechanical properties of the artery wall and atherosclerotic plaques through strain …

Early atherosclerosis is a disease of the vessel wall [1]. Because of vessel wall remodeling,
initial plaque accumulation typically occurs in the absence of significant luminal stenosis …

Objectives: Atherosclerotic lesions are multifocal and progress at different rates, despite
exposure to the same systemic risk factors. We investigated the potential role of focal areas …

Objectives This study sought to examine the utility of multimodality intravascular imaging
and of the endothelial shear stress (ESS) distribution to predict atherosclerotic evolution …

Wall shear stress, the force per area acting on the lumen wall due to the blood flow, is an
important biomechanical parameter in the localization and progression of atherosclerosis …