A comparison of diameter, wall stress, and rupture potential index for abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture risk prediction

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3124-3134

  Maier, A ^a   Gee, M W ^a   Reeps, C ^b   Pongratz, J ^b   Eckstein, H H ^b   Wall, W A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Diameter criterion; Finite elements; Rupture potential index; Wall stress

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; DIAMETER CRITERION; FINITE ELEMENTS; RUPTURE POTENTIAL INDEX; WALL STRESS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956743692     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-0067-6     Document Type: Article

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