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Biomechanical modeling and morphology analysis indicates plaque rupture due to mechanical failure unlikely in atherosclerosis-prone mice.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 1 Feb 2013
Campbell Ian C, Weiss Daiana, Suever Jonathan D, Virmani Renu, Veneziani Alessandro, Vito Raymond P, Oshinski John N, Taylor W Robert
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Spontaneous plaque rupture in mouse models of atherosclerosis is controversial, although numerous studies have discussed so-called "vulnerable plaque" phenotypes in mice. We compared the morphology and biomechanics of two acute and one chronic murine model of atherosclerosis to human coronaries of the thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) phenotype. Our acute models were apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE(-/-)) and LDL...
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