A novel simulation strategy for stent insertion and deployment in curved coronary bifurcations: Comparison of three drug-eluting stents

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-99

  Mortier, Peter ^a   Holzapfel, Gerhard A ^b,c   De Beule, Matthieu ^a   Van Loo, Denis ^a   Taeymans, Yves ^d   Segers, Patrick ^a   Verdonck, Pascal ^a   Verhegghe, Benedict ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drug eluting stents; Finite element analysis; Insertion; Patient specific bifurcation model

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL; CORONARY ARTERIES; DESIGN MODIFICATIONS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GUIDE-WIRE; IN-VIVO; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MAXIMUM VALUES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT; NOVEL ALGORITHM; PARAMETRIC MODELING; RESTENOSIS; SECOND GENERATION; SIMULATION STRATEGIES; STENT DESIGN; VESSEL SEGMENTS; WALL STRESS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BLOOD VESSELS; HEART; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DRUG ELUTING STENT; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 74249102209     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9836-5     Document Type: Article

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