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