The effect of angulation in abdominal aortic aneurysms: Fluid-structure interaction simulations of idealized geometries

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1175-1190

  Xenos, Michalis ^a   Alemu, Yared ^a   Zamfir, Dan ^a   Einav, Shmuel ^a   Ricotta, John J ^b,c   Labropoulos, Nicos ^b   Tassiopoulos, Apostolos ^b   Bluestein, Danny ^a  

^a St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; FSI; Iliac angle; Neck aneurysmal angle; Risk of rupture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; ADAPTATION RESPONSE; ANEURYSM; ARTERIAL WALL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLUID PRESSURES; FSI; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; ILIAC ANGLE; INFORMED DECISION; INLET ANGLES; NECK ANEURYSMAL ANGLE; PARAMETRIC STUDY; SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS; SYMMETRIC VORTEX; WALL MATERIALS; WALL SHEAR STRESS; WALL STRESS;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GEOMETRY; VORTEX FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84855722237     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-010-0714-y     Document Type: Article

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