Low and oscillatory wall shear stress is widely assumed to play a key role in the initiation
and development of atherosclerosis. Indeed, some studies have relied on the low shear …

Abstract Purpose of the Review Inflammatory cytokines play a major role in atherosclerotic
plaque progression. This review summarizes the rationale for personalized anti …

The objective of our session at the 2008 International Bio-Fluid Symposium and Workshop
was to review the state-of-the-art in image-based modeling of blood flow, and identify future …

Mechanical testing and modelling of a material for biomedical applications have to be based
on conditions representative of the application of interest. In this work, an ether-based …

Objective. The goal of this study was to compare internal carotid artery (ICA) intima‐media
thickness (IMT) with common carotid artery (CCA) IMT as global markers of cardiovascular …

In this work, we performed a computational image-based study of blood dynamics in the
whole left heart, both in a healthy subject and in a patient with mitral valve regurgitation. We …

The initiation and progression of atherosclerosis, which is the main cause of cardiovascular
diseases, correlate with local haemodynamic factors such as wall shear stress (WSS) …

The risk factor increases at the carotid bifurcation as a result of the changes in the flow of
blood and phenomena such as flow separation, the rotational flow, and the effects of the …

Background and Purpose—We propose to study possible differences in the associations
between risk factors for cardiovascular disease (myocardial infarction and stroke) and …

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models have become very effective tools for predicting
the flow field within the carotid bifurcation, and for understanding the relationship between …