Intracranial and abdominal aortic aneurysms: Similarities, differences, and need for a new class of computational models

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages 221-246

  Humphrey, J D ^a   Taylor, C A ^b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell and matrix turnover; Growth and remodeling; Hemodynamics; Patient specific modeling; Saccular aneurysm; Wall stress

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOSOLIDS; BLOOD VESSELS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HEALTH; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SPEED; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; CELL AND MATRIX TURNOVER; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; DISEASE PROCESSES; GROWTH AND REMODELING; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; NATURAL HISTORY; NEW CLASS; PATHO-PHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; TWO TYPES; VASCULAR BIOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASES; WALL MECHANICS; WALL STRESS;

MECHANICS;

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRUG USE; FLUID SOLID GROWTH MODEL; GEOMETRY; HEART CYCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL SACCULAR ANEURYSM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; THEORY;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 50249092109     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.bioeng.10.061807.160439     Document Type: Review

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