Prediction of complex flow patterns in intracranial atherosclerotic disease using computational fluid dynamics

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 842-851

  Schirmer, Clemens M ^a   Malek, Adel M ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Computer simulation; Intracranial arteriosclerosis; Intracranial embolism and thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; STENOSIS; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 35948930608     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000298914.32248.DC     Document Type: Article

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