Fluid Dynamics as a Localizing Factor for Atherosclerosis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Opening Comments.
• Fluid Dynamic Approaches to Atherosclerosis.
• A Fluid-Dynamicist’s and a Physiologist’s Look at Arterial Flow and Arteriosclerosis.
• The Case for Fluid Dynamics as a Localizing Factor in Atherogenesis.
• Flow and Atherogenesis in the Human Carotid Bifurcation.
• Pulsating Flow in Distensible Models of Vascular Branches.
• Coronary Artery Geometry and Its Fluid Mechanical Implications.
• Flow Patterns in Model and Natural Branching Vessels.
• Geometric Effects on the Hemodynamic Environment of the Arterial Wall: A Basis for Geometric Risk Factors?.
• The Drainage of Transmural Flow and the Consequences of Its Insufficiency.
• Fluid Mechanical Factors in Macromolecular Transport by the Arterial Wall.
• The Role of Hydrodynamic Factors in Platelet Activation and Thrombotic Events: The Effects of Shear Stress of Short Duration.
• Microrheology of Thrombocyte Deposition: Effect of Stimulation, Flow Direction, and Red Cells.
• The Localization of Transient Subendothelial Water-Filled Blisters in the in Situ Rabbit Aorta as a Result of Reduction in Pressure.
• Influence of Convection and Vasoactive Agents on the Mass Transport Properties of the Arterial Wall.
• Haemodynamic Influences on Platelets in Haemostasis and Thrombosis.
• Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs and Blood Velocity.
• General Properties of Endothelial Cells.
• The Endothelium as a Mediating Factor in Transport Across the Arterial Wall.
• Morphology and Fluid-Dynamics of Endothelial Cells at the Site of Vascular Bifurcation.
• Location and Morphology of Hypertensive Lesions in Coronary Arteries of Dogs.
• Response of Vascular Endothelium to Unsteady Fluid Shear Stress in Vitro.
• Injury at the Vascular Surface.
• Cellular Participation in Atherogenesis: Selected Facets of Endothelium, Smooth Muscle, and the Peripheral Blood Monocyte.
• Evidence that High Flow Velocity and Endothelial Disruption Are Not the Principal Factors in Experimental Plaque Localization.
• Localization of Early Atherosclerotic Lesions in Carotid and Coronary Bifurcations in Humans — A Bifurcation of the High Shear Stress Hypothesis.
• Quantitative Arterial Wall Morphology.