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From: Calculation of arterial wall temperature in atherosclerotic arteries: effect of pulsatile flow, arterial geometry, and plaque structure

Figure 7

Plots of ΔT(t) - ΔT(t = 0) along the plaque/lumen interface for the arterial bifurcation at different times t, for various metabolic heat production values corresponding to q ˙ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8akY=wiFfYdH8Gipec8Eeeu0xXdbba9frFj0=OqFfea0dXdd9vqai=hGuQ8kuc9pgc9s8qqaq=dirpe0xb9q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0dc8meaabaqaciaacaGaaeqabaqabeGadaaakeaacuWGXbqCgaGaaaaa@2E20@ m = 0.2, 0.1 and 0.05 W/mm3 and inlet velocity profile of Figure 2b. The times indicated correspond to the times t = 4.4,4.6 and 4.8 s.

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