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A theoretical model of a compliant arterial stenosis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3970228     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Recent clinical and experimental evidence indicates that coronary artery stenoses may rapidly change their size and shape in response to alterations in vasomotor tone and intraluminal pressure. This theoretical study models a partially compliant arterial stenosis to examine the hemodynamic impact of these alterations. In rigid vessels, a 98% reduction in luminal area would predictably produce subendocardial ischemia in the resting state. In contrast, stenoses, with part of the arterial wall normal by the underlying plaque, responded to vasoconstriction and to changes in intraluminal pressure. With part of the arterial wall normal by the plaque, both vasoconstriction and decreases in intraluminal pressure could increase the hemodynamic severity of the stenosis. Further, the more eccentrically positioned the underlying plaque was, the greater the effects of vasoconstriction and intraluminal pressure on stenotic severity. Thus the morphological configuration of the plaque and the normal wall segment in the stenosis appear to be important determinants of the hemodynamic response of the stenosis to vasoconstriction and blood pressure changes. In turn, these changes in stenotic severity can greatly influence flow through the vessel.
Authors:
W P Santamore; A A Bove
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of physiology     Volume:  248     ISSN:  0002-9513     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1985 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1985-03-15     Completed Date:  1985-03-15     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370511     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  H274-85     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / complications,  physiopathology*
Compliance
Constriction, Pathologic
Ischemia / etiology
Models, Cardiovascular*
Regional Blood Flow
Vascular Resistance
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL-01026/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; HL-31644/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS

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