Numerical investigation of the intravascular coronary stent flexibility

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 495-501

  Petrini, Lorenza ^a   Migliavacca, Francesco ^b   Auricchio, Ferdinando ^a   Dubini, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary stent; Finite element method; Mathematical model; Mechanical response; Stent flexibility

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATION;

ERROR TECHNIQUES; STENT THERAPY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY STENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; STEREOMICROSCOPY; VELOCITY;

CORONARY VESSELS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLIABILITY; STENTS;

EID: 1442299848     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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