Figure 1. Higher stress concentrations in ruptured plaques than in non-ruptured coronary plaques.

In (A, D), model reconstructions for ruptured and non-ruptured plaques are shown. In both fibrous cap (B) vs. (E) and vessel wall (C) vs. (F), ruptured plaques present higher stress concentrations than non-ruptured ones. Color-code scale is the same for both reconstructions, and maximal stress is shown at the upper edge of the scale. In (G) is shown a box-plot demonstrating the different stress concentrations both on the fibrous cap (in blue) and in the whole plaque (in red).