Population
Segments of femoral and carotid arteries in five Yucatan miniswine (n=5)
Comparison
Compliant vascular segment model using 3D… vs Corresponding rigid walled model
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Rigid models may overestimate WSS in distensible vessels; leaves open effects on human atherosclerosis prediction.
Incorporating physiological distensibility into 3D vascular models demonstrates that rigid models overestimate maximum wall shear stress by 4-17% when wall motion exceeds 10%.
Liu et al. (2001) studied this question.
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