Computational modeling of mass transfer and links to atherosclerosis

CR Ethier - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2002 - Springer
In the context of atherogenesis, mass transport refers to the movement of atherogenic
molecules from flowing blood into the artery wall, or vice versa. Although LDL transport …

Mathematical modelling and simulation of atherosclerosis formation and progress: a review

NA Avgerinos, P Neofytou - Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2019 - Springer
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major threat to human health since it is the leading cause
of death in western countries. Atherosclerosis is a type of CVD related to hypertension …

Numerical simulation of blood pulsatile flow in a stenosed carotid artery using different rheological models

A Razavi, E Shirani, MR Sadeghi - Journal of biomechanics, 2011 - Elsevier
Symmetrical 30–60% stenosis in a common carotid artery under unsteady flow condition for
Newtonian and six non-Newtonian viscosity models are investigated numerically. Results …

Wall shear stress in normal left coronary artery tree

JV Soulis, TM Farmakis, GD Giannoglou… - Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Despite the fact that the role of wall shear stress (WSS) as a local mechanical factor in
atherogenesis is well established, its distribution over the entire normal human left coronary …

The effect of hematocrit and nanoparticles diameter on hemodynamic parameters and drug delivery in abdominal aortic aneurysm with consideration of blood pulsatile …

S Jafarzadeh, AN Sadr, E Kaffash, S Goudarzi… - Computer Methods and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objective The present article has simulated to investigate the
efficient hemodynamic parameters, the drug persistence, and drug distribution on an …

Effects of Brownian motions and thermophoresis diffusions on the hematocrit and LDL concentration/diameter of pulsatile non-Newtonian blood in abdominal aortic …

M Abbasi, AN Esfahani, E Golab, O Golestanian… - Journal of Non …, 2021 - Elsevier
LDL concentration is believed to be responsible for plaque formation that leads to
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. We conducted this study to investigate the effects of …

Modelling and simulation of low-density lipoprotein transport through multi-layered wall of an anatomically realistic carotid artery bifurcation

S Kenjereš, A De Loor - Journal of The Royal Society …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A high concentration of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is recognized as one of the principal
risk factors for development of atherosclerosis. This paper reports on modelling and …

Numerical simulation of LDL mass transfer in a common carotid artery under pulsatile flows

S Fazli, E Shirani, MR Sadeghi - Journal of biomechanics, 2011 - Elsevier
Symmetrical 30–60% stenosis in carotid artery with a semi-permeable wall under
steady/unsteady flows for Newtonian/non-Newtonian fluids is investigated numerically. The …

Influence of morphological characteristics on the deposition of low-density lipoprotein in intracranial bifurcation aneurysms

Y Tian, X Li, B Zhao, J Zhang, F Liang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The increasingly demonstrated association of wall enhancement (WE) measured by
vascular wall imaging with the instability/rupture of intracranial aneurysms (IAs) implies the …

Wall shear stress on LDL accumulation in human RCAs

JV Soulis, DK Fytanidis, VC Papaioannou… - Medical engineering & …, 2010 - Elsevier
The blood flow and transportation of molecules in the cardiovascular system plays crucial
role in the genesis and progression of atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis shows predilection in …