Patient-specific biomechanical profiling in abdominal aortic aneurysm development and rupture

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 480-488

  Malkawi, Amir H ^a   Hinchliffe, Robert J ^a   Xu, Yun ^b   Holt, Peter J ^a   Loftus, Ian M ^a   Thompson, Matt M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSILE STRENGTH; WALL STRESS;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77955513985     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.01.029     Document Type: Review

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