Stent deformation, physical stress, and drug elution obtained with provisional stenting, conventional culotte and Tryton-based culotte to treat bifurcations: A virtual simulation study

EuroIntervention

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1441-1453

  Morlacchi, Stefano ^a   Chiastra, Claudio ^a   Cutrì, Elena ^a   Zunino, Paolo ^a,b   Burzotta, Francesco ^c   Formaggia, Luca ^a   Dubini, Gabriele ^a   Migliavacca, Francesco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary bifurcations; Dedicated stents; Drug eluting stents; Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY BIFURCATION LESION; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG ELUTION; ELUTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PROCESS MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; STENT DEFORMATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84902382913     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV9I12A242     Document Type: Article

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