An experimental and numerical comparison of the rupture locations of an abdominal aortic aneurysm

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 322-335

  Doyle, Barry J ^a   Corbett, Timothy J ^a   Callanan, Anthony ^a   Walsh, Michael T ^a   Vorp, David A ^b   McGloughlin, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Experimental study; In vitro model; Inflection; Numerical; Rupture

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILICONES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 68549099655     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/09-2697.1     Document Type: Article

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