Stability Analysis of a Model of Atherosclerotic Plaque Growth. (25th March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Reddy, Sushruth; Seshaiyer, Padmanabhan
• Other Names: Desaive Thomas Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Computational and mathematical methods in medicine. Volume 2015(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-03-25
• Subjects: Medicine -- Computer simulation -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Mathematical models -- Periodicals; 610.11
• DOI: 10.1155/2015/164035
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1748-670X

Abstract

Abstract : Atherosclerosis, the formation of life-threatening plaques in blood vessels, is a form of cardiovascular disease. In this paper, we analyze a simplified model of plaque growth to derive physically meaningful results about the growth of plaques. In particular, the main results of this paper are two conditions, which express that the immune response increases as LDL cholesterol levels increase and that diffusion prevails over inflammation in a healthy artery.