Effect of curvature on displacement forces acting on aortic endografts: A 3-dimensional computational analysis

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 284-294

  Figueroa, C Alberto ^a   Taylor, Charles A ^a,b   Yeh, Victoria ^a   Chiou, Allen J ^a   Zarins, Christopher K ^b,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Angulation; Aortic endografts; Computational fluid dynamics; Curvature; Displacement forces; Endograft migration

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; AORTIC NECK ANGULATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER MODEL; DISPLACEMENT FORCE; ENDOGRAFT CURVATURE; ENDOGRAFT MIGRATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; ILIAC ANGULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 68549115298     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/08-2667.1     Document Type: Article

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