Movement and dislocation of modular stent-grafts due to pulsatile flow and the pressure difference between the stent-graft and the aneurysm sac

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-61

  Liffman, Kurt ^a,c   Šutalo, Ilija D ^a   Lawrence Brown, Michael M D ^b   Semmens, James B ^b   Aldham, Ben ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISLOCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; PUMP; STENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; WATER FLOW;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULSATILE FLOW; STENTS;

EID: 33144485919     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/05-1699.1     Document Type: Article

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