Geometric factors affecting the displacement forces in an aortic endograft with crossed limbs: A computational study

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-199

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

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ballerina position; Bifurcation angulation; Crossed iliac limbs; Graft curvature; Hemodynamics; Iliac; Migration forces; Neck angulation; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; ILIAC ARTERY; LIMB; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84877779215     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550-20.2.191     Document Type: Article

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