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"Atherosclerosis, a disease of large- and medium-size arteries, is the major cause of death in most of the Western world. The blood flow and its interaction with the arterial wall deformation are considered to play a significant role in the pathobiological mechanisms (i.e. LDL concentraton) involved in the process of atheroma formation. Therefore, a unified computational model framework is propose ...

Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is a very significant health problem, especially in view of the increasing aging population. It is highly prevalent in diabetic populations and is also a major cause of dementia, individually or as an additive factor to other pathologies, such as Alzheimer’s. Therefore measuring disease burden, progression, and response to treatments is very important for patient mana ...