Effects of arterial geometry on aneurysm growth: Three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 676-681

  Hoi, Yiemeng ^b   Meng, Hui ^a   Woodward, Scott H ^b   Bendok, Bernard R ^b   Hanel, Ricardo A ^b   Guterman, Lee R ^b   Hopkins, L Nelson ^b  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Arterial remodeling; Cerebrovascular circulation; Endovascular therapy; Hemodynamics; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; HEART CYCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; STRESS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAIN ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NECK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NECK; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 7944230966     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.4.0676     Document Type: Article

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