Modeling and computational analysis of the hemodynamic effects of crossing the limbs in an aortic endograft ("ballerina" position)

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 549-557

  Georgakarakos, Efstratios ^a   Xenakis, Antonios ^b   Manopoulos, Christos ^b   Georgiadis, George S ^a   Tsangaris, Sokrates ^b   Lazarides, Miltos K ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bifurcated stent graft; Crossed limbs configuration; Deployment techniques; Hemodynamics; Iliac graft limbs; Migration forces; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865296829     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/12-3820.1     Document Type: Article

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