A computational study of the magnitude and direction of migration forces in patient-specific abdominal aortic aneurysm stent-grafts

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-339

  Molony, D S ^a   Kavanagh, E G ^b   Madhavan, P ^c   Walsh, M T ^a   McGloughlin, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Drag forces; EVAR; Graft migration

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT MIGRATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THROMBUS;

EID: 84859165373     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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