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Numerical study of the unsteady flow in simplified and realistic iliac bifurcat...
Carvalho, Violeta Meneses; Carneiro, Filipa; Ferreira, Ana C. M.; Gama, Vasco; Teixeira, J. Carlos; Teixeira, S. F. C. F.Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of death and disability worldwide and they are commonly associated with the occurrence of atherosclerotic plaque deposition in the vessel walls, a process denoted as atherosclerosis. This is a chronic and progressive inflammatory disease of large-/medium-sized blood vessels that affects blood flow profiles, with the abdominal aorta and its branches being one of the loca...
Coronary arteries anomalous aortic origin on a computed tomography angiography ...
Amado, José; Carvalho, Mónica; Ferreira, Wilson; Gago, Paula; Gama, Vasco; Bettencourt, NunoAnomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries (AAOCA) is one of the most frequent causes of cardiovascular sudden death among the young population. We aimed to determine the prevalence and anatomic characteristics of AAOCA in a population referred to computed tomography angiography (CTA) and to describe the clinical prognosis of these findings at middle term follow-up. From a total of 3539 CTA, 53 were found to ...