Modeling of Mechanical Stress Exerted by Cholesterol Crystallization on Atherosclerotic Plaques

• Main Authors: Luo, Yuemei, Cui, Dongyao, Yu, Xiaojun, Chen, Si, Liu, Xinyu, Tang, Hongying, Wang, Xianghong, Liu, Linbo
• 其他作者: Feng, Ying-Mei
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2017
• 主題: Cholesterol Crystallization; Atherosclerotic Plaques
• 在線閱讀: 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...