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The explosive growth of small voids in vulnerable cap rupture; cavitation and interfacial debonding

While it is generally accepted that ruptures in fibrous cap atheromas cause most acute coronary deaths, and that plaque rupture occurs in the fibrous cap at the location where the tissue stress exceeds a certain critical peak circumferential stress, the exact mechanism of rupture initiation remains...

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Main Authors: Maldonado, Natalia, Kelly-Arnold, Adreanne, Cardoso, Luis, Weinbaum, Sheldon
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019735/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23218838
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.10.040
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