A computational framework for investigating the positional stability of aortic endografts

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 869-887

  Prasad, Anamika ^a   Xiao, Nan ^a,d   Gong, Xiao Yan ^c   Zarins, Christopher K ^b   Figueroa, C Alberto ^d  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Medical Implant Mechanics LLC   (United States)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; CFD; CSM; Fixation; Friction; Migration; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; ANEURYSM; COMPUTATIONAL SOLID MECHANICS; CSM; MIGRATION; NUMERICAL QUANTIFICATIONS; STENT GRAFTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SETTINGS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; HEMODYNAMICS; MECHANICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REPAIR; STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BLOOD VESSELS;

CHROMIUM COBALT ALLOY; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; DACRON; NITINOL; POLITEF; STAINLESS STEEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA WALL; AORTIC STENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL SOLID MECHANICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NITINOL STENT; POLITEF IMPLANT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VASCULAR STENT;

AORTA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VASCULAR GRAFTING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84896690015     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-012-0450-3     Document Type: Article

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