NUMERICAL STUDY OF ATHEROGENESIS RISK ASSOCIATED TO DIFFERENT STENOTIC ARTERIES

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2017-06-11

Authors

S.I.S. Pinto (Author) FEUP; Catarina Castro (Author) FEUP; Luísa Costa Sousa (Author) FEUP; Campos, JBLM (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Mechanics and Materials in Design

Pages: 1555-1558

M2D2017 - 7 th International Conference on MECHANICS AND MATERIALS IN DESIGN

Albufeira/Portugal, 11-15 June

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Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering ; Health sciences > Medical sciences

FOS: Engineering and technology > Mechanical engineering ; Engineering and technology > Medical engineering

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Authenticus ID: P-00N-TTN

Abstract (EN): The present numerical work focuses on the evaluation of the atherogenesis risk associated to stenotic arteries - left coronary artery (LCA small artery without flare) and common carotid artery (CCA large artery with a flare). In LCA, the atherosusceptible zones increase strongly with the occlusion degree of an existing stenosis. In CCA, the occlusion growth tends to accelerate the flow in the flair, inducing high wall shear stresses in the bifurcation and in the inception region of the branches. As result, from an increase of 30 to 70% occlusion percentage, the atherosusceptible area grows around 66% in LCA and only 12% in CCA.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4