Fracture of cardiovascular stents in patients with congenital heart disease

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 575-585

  McElhinney, Doff B ^a   Marshall, Audrey C ^b   Schievano, Silvia ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angioplasty and stenting; Aortic coarctation; Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation; Pulmonary artery stenosis; Transcatheter valve implantation

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR STENT; CARDIOVASCULAR STENT FRACTURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; STENT MALAPPOSITION; STRESS; STRETCHING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING; AORTIC COARCTATION; PERCUTANEOUS PULMONARY VALVE IMPLANTATION; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; TRANSCATHETER VALVE IMPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84892180541     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.113.000148     Document Type: Article

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