The influence of plaque composition on underlying arterial wall stress during stent expansion: The case for lesion-specific stents

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 428-433

  Pericevic, Ian ^a   Lally, Caitríona ^b   Toner, Deborah ^b   Kelly, Daniel John ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Stent; Vessel

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL TISSUES; ARTERIAL WALLS; CORONARY STENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; FRACTURE STRESS; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INFLATION PRESSURES; PLAQUE RUPTURES; PLATELET DEPOSITIONS; STENOSED ARTERIES; STENT; STENT IMPLANTATIONS; STENTING; VASCULAR INJURIES; VESSEL; VESSEL WALLS;

BALLOONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTERIAL WALL STRESS; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY STENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RESTENOSIS; STRESS; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOSIS;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STENTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62849122420     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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