ERC Starting Grant · 2021
Identifying Atherosclerotic Plaques at Risk: A Microstructure-based Biomechanistic Approach
Atherosclerotic plaque rupture in arteries is the primary cause of cardiovascular events such as heart infarct and stroke, which are responsible for 45% of deaths in Europe. Plaque rupture is a mechanical event, where the collagenous plaque tissue fails to withstand blood pressure loading. Identifying plaques at high risk of rupture is the key to prevent these fatal events. However, the current risk assessment strategy fails to achieve this as it lacks mechanistic insights into tissue failure. To address this unmet, urgent clinical need, I propose a paradigm shift to a biomechanistic risk assessment concept. I will achieve this with MicroMechAthero project, by revealing plaque failure…
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