Measurement of pulsatile haemodynamics forces in a model of a bifurcated stent graft for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 543-549

  Zhou, S N ^a,b   How, T V ^a   Black, R A ^a   Vallabhaneni, S R ^b   McWilliams, R ^b   Brennan, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endovascular repair; Migration; Strain gauges

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BRIDGE CIRCUITS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GAGES; GLYCEROL; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDRODYNAMICS; MAINTENANCE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PULSATILE FLOW; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ONE DIMENSIONAL; SIGNAL CONDITIONING CIRCUITS; STENTS; STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES;

ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR; MIGRATION; STENT GRAFTS; STRAIN GAUGES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; GRAFTS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; STENT;

ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; STENTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR; ENDOVASCULAR STENT-GRAFT; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; MIGRATION; ONE DIMENSIONAL ANALYTICAL MODEL; SIMPLIFIED MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 48449102711     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM311     Document Type: Article

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