Computer modelling of maximal displacement forces in endoluminal thoracic aortic stent graft

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1012-1020

  Krsmanovic, Dejan ^a,d   Koncar, Igor ^c   Petrovic, Dejan ^d   Milasinovic, Danko ^d   Davidovic, Lazar ^c   Filipovic, Nenad ^b,d  

^a CardioMed Technology Consultants   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^c Serbian Clinical Center   (Serbia)

^d Bioengineering Research and Development Center   (Serbia)

Author keywords

aortic endografts; blood flow modelling; computational fluid dynamics; displacement forces; stent migration; thoracic aortic aneurysms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AORTIC ENDOGRAFTS; BLOOD FLOW; DISPLACEMENT FORCE; STENT MIGRATION;

BLOOD VESSELS;

AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COMPUTER MODEL; DISPLACEMENT FORCE; ENDOLUMINAL THORACIC AORTIC STENT GRAFT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; HEART CYCLE; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRESSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; STENTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84898441159     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2012.735661     Document Type: Article

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