Flow patterns at stented coronary bifurcations: Computational fluid dynamics analysis

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 530-539

  Katritsis, Demosthenes G ^a   Theodorakakos, Andreas ^b   Pantos, Ioannis ^a,c   Gavaises, Manolis ^d   Karcanias, Nicos ^d   Efstathopoulos, Efstathios P ^c  

^a Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

^b Fluid Research   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Bifurcation; Coronary circulation; Hemodynamics; Stents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BIFURCATION LESION; CORONARY STENT; CRUSH STENTING; DOUBLE STENTING TECHNIQUE; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SINGLE STENTING TECHNIQUE; STENT THROMBOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; SIROLIMUS;

EID: 84868626606     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.112.968347     Document Type: Article

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