LOW ENDOTHELIAL SHEAR STRESS INDEPENDENTLY PREDICTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECCENTRIC CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS IN HUMANS

Authors: Saeko Takahashi, Michail Papafaklis, Shigeru Saito, Yasuhiro Makita, Shigeru Nakamura, Tomohiro Kawasaki, Akihiko Takahashi, Takaaki Katsuki, Sunao Nakamura, Atsuo Namiki, Atsushi Hirohata, Toshiyuki Matsumura, Seiji Yamazaki, Hiroyoshi Yokoi, Shinji Tanaka, Satoru Otsuji, Fuminobu Yoshimachi, Junko Honye, Masaya Tsuda, Antonios Antoniadis, Ahmet Coskun, Charles Feldman, Peter Stone, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kamakura, Japan