Flow visualization in a model of a bifurcated stent-graft

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-445

  Chong, Chuh K ^a,c   How, Thien V ^a   Harris, Peter L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Bifurcated stent graft; Experimental model; Flow pattern; Hemodynamics; Kinking; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACCELERATION; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; DECELERATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEMODYNAMICS; LIMB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; STENT; TRUNK;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS;

EID: 23344433873     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/04-1465.1     Document Type: Article

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