An agent-based model of leukocyte transendothelial migration during atherogenesis
Fig 3
Representative cardiac cycle to pass spatial WSS profile into ABM.
(A) Coronary blood flow rate profile used in CFD. Number of leukocytes undergoing TEM in 1 hour using instantaneous pulsatile flow over a spherical plaque with radius (B) 1.0 mm or (C) 1.5 mm. The average number leukocyte TEM per hour, over one cardiac cycle, is 16 for (B) and 26 for (C). The WSS profile at peak flow during systole corresponds to these average TEM values, as indicated by the dashed line and red ‘x’ marks.