Impact of carotid stent cell design on vessel scaffolding: A case study comparing experimental investigation and numerical simulations

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-406

  Conti, Michele ^a,b   Van Loo, Denis ^b,c   Auricchio, Ferdinando ^a   De Beule, Matthieu ^b   De Santis, Gianluca ^b   Verhegghe, Benedict ^b   Pirrelli, Stefano ^b   Odero, Attilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Cell design; Finite element analysis; Stent; Vessel scaffolding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID STENT CELL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STENT; VESSEL SCAFFOLDING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILICONES; STENTS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959324396     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/10-3338.1     Document Type: Article

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