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Background, Motivation and Objective The motion, and resulting strain, of the arterial wall nearby an atheromatous plaque is believed to be affected by the plaque and therefore may carry important inf
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Medical School, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Background, Motivation and Objective The motion, and resulting strain, of the arterial wall nearby an atheromatous plaque is believed to be affected by the plaque and therefore may carry important information about disease status. Strain of the arterial wall in the longitudinal direction, i.e. along its length, has recently gained attention as determinant of cardiovascular risk (Gastounioti et al. Phys Med Biol, 2013). In this work, longitudinal strain (LS) was estimated along the wall adjacent to asymptomatic carotid plaque, in an attempt to highlight the significance of arterial wall kinematics in atherosclerotic subjects without cerebrovascular events.
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