Reducing In-Stent Restenosis Through Novel Stent Flow Field Augmentation

Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-373

  Murphy, Eoin A ^a   Boyle, Fergal J ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Flow divider; Helical flow; Helical stent; Helical ridge insert; In stent restenosis; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

FLOW DIVIDERS; HELICAL FLOWS; HELICAL STENT; HELICAL-RIDGE INSERT; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

DISEASES; FLOW FIELDS; HEMODYNAMICS; TECHNOLOGY;

STENTS;

ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GLYCOPROTEIN IB; PADGEM PROTEIN;

ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW DIVIDER; FLOW KINETICS; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HELICAL FLOW; HELICAL STENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEOINTIMA HYPERPLASIA; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENDOTHELIALIZATION; REVIEW; SELF EXPANDING STENT; SHEAR STRESS; STENT; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84870422786     PISSN: 1869408X     EISSN: 18694098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13239-012-0109-3     Document Type: Review

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