Abstract: Severely calcified plaque is of great concern when planning and implementing a stenting intervention. In this work, computational models were developed to investigate the influence of calcium characteristics on stenting ...

Abstract: Lipid-rich atheromas are linked to plaque rupture in stented atherosclerotic arteries. While fibrous cap thickness is acknowledged as a critical indicator of vulnerability, it is likely that other morphological features ...

Abstract: In this work, a heavily calcified coronary artery model was reconstructed from optical coherence tomography (OCT) images to investigate the impact of calcification characteristics on stenting outcomes. The calcification ...