Plaque Ruptures Are Related to High Plaque Stress and Strain Conditions: Direct Verification by Using In Vivo OCT Rupture Data and FSI Models.
Chen ZhaoRui LvAkiko MaeharaLiang WangZhanqun GaoYishuo XuXiaoya GuoYanwen ZhuMengde HuangXiaoguo ZhangJian ZhuBo YuHai-Bo JiaGary S MintzDalin TangPublished in: Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (2024)
This preliminary case-control study showed that the ruptured plaque group had higher mean maximum stress and strain values. Due to our small study size, larger scale studies are needed to further validate our findings.