Medical Hypotheses
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 480-484, December 2000

Atherosclerotic plaque rupture: a fatigue process?

  • A.J. Bank

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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  • A. Versluis

      Affiliations

    • Minnesota Dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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  • S.M. Dodge

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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  • W.H. Douglas

      Affiliations

    • Minnesota Dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Received 12 November 1999; accepted 16 February 2000.

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PII: S0306-9877(00)91096-X

doi:10.1054/mehy.2000.1096

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 480-484, December 2000