Stress reduction by geometric compliance matching at vascular graft anastomoses

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 874-881

  Melbin, Julius ^a   Ho, Paul C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomoses; Compliance mismatch; Neointimal hyperplasia; Suture line stress; Vascular grafts

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSELS; GRAFTS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ANASTOMOSES; COMPLIANCE MISMATCH; NEOINTIMAL HYPERPLASIA; SUTURE LINE STRESS; VASCULAR GRAFTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CALCULATION; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; GEOMETRY; STRESS; STRETCHING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPLIANCE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031239066     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02684172     Document Type: Article

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