Figure 9From: Low-density lipoprotein concentration in the normal left coronary artery tree Strain rate. Contour plots of strain rate (1/s) at various cross-sections of the distal LAD segment shown in Fig. 6. The flow direction is from up-right to down-left. The strain rate is low at areas of high LDL concentration. Further downstream, as the LDL decreases the strain rate increases.Back to article page