Plaque erosion and murine plaque stability: a biomechanical examination of exceptions to the phenomenon of plaque rupture

Atherosclerotic plaque disruption leading to thrombosis has traditionally been studied as a rupture of a thin fibrous cap over a lipid-laden necrotic core. However, two noteworthy categories of plaques that do not rupture have presented themselves: 1) in mice, plaque rupture is rare if not absent, a...

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Main Author: Campbell, Ian Christopher
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47741