Hemodynamic evaluation of embolic trajectory in an arterial bifurcation: An in-vitro experimental model

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2696-2700

  Bushi, Doron ^a,b,d   Grad, Ygael ^a,b   Einav, Shmuel ^a   Yodfat, Ofer ^b   Nishri, Boaz ^b   Tanne, David ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MindGuard Ltd   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Tel Aviv University ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Embolism; Experimental; Hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEMODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; LAMINAR FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PARTICLE SIZE; PULSATILE FLOW; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33644696275     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000190097.08862.9a     Document Type: Article

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