Local haemodynamics of arterial bypass graft anastomoses

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 401-409

  Rowe, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Blood flow; Graft design; Miller cuff; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; SILASTIC;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032622298     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411991535013     Document Type: Article

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