A longitudinal study of Type-B aortic dissection and endovascular repair scenarios: Computational analyses

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1321-1330

  Chen, Duanduan ^a   Müller Eschner, Matthias ^b,c   Kotelis, Drosos ^b   Böckler, Dittmar ^b   Ventikos, Yiannis ^d   Von Tengg Kobligk, Hendrik ^b,c,e  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aorta; Computational fluid dynamics; Dissection; Hemodynamics; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

AORTA; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLOWS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR; STENT GRAFTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISSECTION; GRAFTS; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT TREATMENT; REPAIR;

BLOOD VESSELS;

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA FLOW; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SHEAR STRESS; THORACIC AORTA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR STENT;

EID: 84880773699     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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