OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the association between plaque distribution at left main (LM) bifurcation and target lesion revascularization (TLR) after stenting. BACKGROUND Despite favorable reported mid- and long-term results, stent implantation on LM bifurcation remains challenging. The role of atherosclerotic plaque distribution in affecting LM bifurcation stenting ou...

This paper presents the derivation and partial analysis of a general producer-consumer model. The model is stoichiometric in that it includes the growth constraints imposed by species-specific biomass carbon to nutrient ratios. The model unifies the approaches of other studies in recent years, and is calibrated from an extensive review of the algae-Daphnia literature. Numerical simulations and ...

We present numerical simulations of the flow confined in a wide gap Taylor-Couette system, with a rotating inner cylinder and variable length-to-gap aspect ratio. A complex experimental bifurcation scenario differing from the classical Ruelle-Takens route to chaos has been experimentally reported in this geometry. The wavy vortex flow becomes quasiperiodic due to an axisymmetric very low freque...

BACKGROUND Several trials have addressed whether bifurcation lesions require stenting of both the main vessel and side branch, but uncertainty remains on the benefits of such double versus single stenting of the main vessel only. METHODS AND RESULTS We have conducted a meta-analysis of randomized trials including patients with coronary bifurcation lesions who were randomly selected to undergo...

the modeling investigation in this paper discusses the system level effects of a toxicant on a three species food chain system. in the models, we have assumed that the presence of top predator reduces the predatory ability of the intermediate predator. the stability analysis of the models is carried out and the sufficient conditions for the existence and extinction of the populations under the ...

This paper discusses the bifurcation theory for the equations for traveling surface water waves, based on the formulation of Zakharov [58] and of Craig and Sulem [15] in terms of integro-differential equations on the free surface. This theory recovers the well-known picture of bifurcation curves of Stokes progressive wavetrains in two-dimensions, with the bifurcation parameter being the phase v...

We show the existence of noncircular, self-similar solutions to the three-dimensional Hele-Shaw suction problem with surface tension regularisation up to complete extinction. In an appropriate scaling, these solutions are found as bifurcation solutions to a nonlocal elliptic equation of order three. The bifurcation parameter is the ratio of the suction speed and the surface tension coefficient....

Percutaneous coronary intervention in the setting of coronary bifurcation lesions is associated with increased risk for complications. The goal of this manuscript is to review the currently available classifications for coronary artery bifurcation lesions with a guide to the use of specific coronary bifurcation techniques based on lesion characteristics

The Boussinesq equations for Rayleigh–Bénard convection are simulated for a cylindrical container with an aspect ratio near 1.5. The transition from an axisymmetric stationary flow to timedependent flows is studied using nonlinear simulations, linear stability analysis and bifurcation theory. At a Rayleigh number near 25000, the axisymmetric flow becomes unstable to standing or travelling azimu...