Spatial orientation of atherosclerotic plaque in non-branching coronary artery segments

Pulsatile flow and atherosclerosis in the human carotid bifurcation. Positive correlation between plaque location and low oscillating shear stress.

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Medicine, Cardiology, Flow Visualization +13

Carotid bifurcation atherosclerosis. Quantitative correlation of plaque localization with flow velocity profiles and wall shear stress.

C K Zarins, D. P. Giddens, B. K. Bharadvaj et al. · Circulation Research · 1983 · 1.5K citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Flow Visualization +16

Atheroma and arterial wall shear - Observation, correlation and proposal of a shear dependent mass transfer mechanism for atherogenesis

Jamie M. Fitzgerald, R. C. Schroter · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1971 · 1.4K citations

Engineering, Biophysics, Fluid Dynamics +13

Flow patterns and spatial distribution of atherosclerotic lesions in human coronary arteries.

Toshihisa Asakura, Takeshi Karino · Circulation Research · 1990 · 854 citations

Medicine, Anatomy, Cardiology +17

Turbulent fluid shear stress induces vascular endothelial cell turnover in vitro.

Peter F. Davies, Andrea Remuzzi, Emma Gordon et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1986 · 843 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Cell Biology, Physiology +17