A computational fluid dynamic study of stent graft remodeling after endovascular repair of thoracic aortic dissections

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 303-310

  Cheng, Stephen W K ^a   Lam, Edward S K ^a   Fung, George S K ^a   Ho, Pei ^a   Ting, Albert C W ^a   Chow, Kwok W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROBABILITY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STENTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47249099917     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.03.050     Document Type: Article

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