Patient-specific simulations of stenting procedures in coronary bifurcations: Two clinical cases

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1272-1281

  Morlacchi, Stefano ^a   Colleoni, Sebastian George ^a   Cárdenes, Rubén ^b   Chiastra, Claudio ^a   Diez, Jose Luis ^c   Larrabide, Ignacio ^b   Migliavacca, Francesco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coronary bifurcations; Finite element model; Image based reconstruction; Interventional cardiology; Stent

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE-BASED; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELS; PERCUTANEOUS TREATMENT; STENT; STRUCTURAL FINITE ELEMENTS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEART; PATIENT TREATMENT;

STENTS;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY BIFURCATION LESION; CORONARY STENT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STENT;

EID: 84873730730     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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