A computational study on the biomechanical factors related to stent-graft models in the thoracic aorta

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1129-1138

  Lam, S K ^a   Fung, George S K ^a   Cheng, Stephen W K ^a   Chow, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Drag force and computational fluid dynamics; Endovascular stent graft; Modeling of blood flow; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; DYNAMICS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HEMODYNAMICS; MOTION ESTIMATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RISK PERCEPTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AORTIC ARCHES; BIOMECHANICAL FACTORS; BLOOD FLOWS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; DRAG FORCE AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG FORCES; ENDOVASCULAR; ENDOVASCULAR STENT-GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURES; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS; INLET VELOCITIES; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW; OUTLET PRESSURES; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTAS;

GRAFTS;

AORTA ARCH; AORTA FLOW; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; SHEAR STRESS; STENT; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; TIME;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULSATILE FLOW; STENTS;

EID: 56549099107     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-008-0361-8     Document Type: Article

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