Peak wall stress measurement in elective and acute abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-22

  Heng, Michael S ^a   Fagan, Michael J ^b   Collier, Jason W ^b   Desai, Grishma ^b   McCollum, Peter T ^a   Chetter, Ian C ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 37549008785     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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