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US 2010/0249620 A1Published application
Use of blood flow parameters to determine the propensity for atherothrombosis
OwnerDaniel J. Choinventor
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Abstract
A method for determination of the risk of atherothrombosis that includes determining blood shear stress based on blood viscosity and comparing the blood shear stress to a critical threshold blood shear stress indicative of the propensity of plaque to rupture.
Claims15
A method for determining risk of rupture of a portion of a plaque formation residing in a lumen of a human blood vessel, comprising:
- calculating a reference blood viscosity value based on a reference blood shear rate value;
- calculating a reference blood shear stress value based on said reference blood viscosity value;
- comparing said reference blood shear stress value to a critical threshold shear stress value indicative of a critical shear stress required to rupture plaque to determine whether said blood shear stress value has at least reached said critical shear stress value.
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