The effect of vessel material properties and pulsatile wall motion on the fixation of a proximal stent of an endovascular graft

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-111

  Corbett, T J ^a   Molony, D S ^a   Callanan, A ^a   McGloughlin, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA); Artery analogue; Proximal stent attachment force; Stent graft migration

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AMBIENT PRESSURES; ARTERY ANALOGUE; COMPLIANT MODEL; COMPLIANT WALLS; DISPLACEMENT FORCE; ENDOVASCULAR; ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT; FAILURE MECHANISM; IMAGING ANALYSIS; INCREASE IN PRESSURE; MEAN DISPLACEMENT; NECK STIFFNESS; PEAK FORCE; PROXIMAL STENT ATTACHMENT FORCE; PULSATILE MOTION; RADIAL FORCES; SILICONE RUBBER; STENT GRAFTS; STENT-GRAFT MIGRATION; VESSEL MATERIALS; WALL MOTION;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAFTS; HEMODYNAMICS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; POLYBUTADIENES; SILICONES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

SILASTIC;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FORCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANTATION; NECK; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RIGIDITY; STENT; STENT DISPLACEMENT FORCE; STIFF NECK;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOVEMENT; SILICONES; STENTS; VASCULAR GRAFTING;

EID: 78650950573     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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