TY - JOUR
T1 - Local blood flow patterns in stented coronary bifurcations: an experimental and numerical study
AU - Raben, Jaime S.
AU - Morlacchi, Stefano
AU - Burzotta, Francesco
AU - Migliavacca, Francesco
AU - Vlachos, Pavlos P.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Despite the atheroprone environment of blood flow in coronary bifurcations, limited quantitative information is available on the hemodynamics occurring in these geometries, both before and after their treatment with endovascular stents. Previous studies have focused on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses and have bypassed the challenges associated with experimentally representing the flow environment, providing no means for validation. This study analyzed steady flow conditions in 3 bifurcation angles and 4 different single- and double-stenting procedures, which are used clinically in coronary bifurcations.
AB - Despite the atheroprone environment of blood flow in coronary bifurcations, limited quantitative information is available on the hemodynamics occurring in these geometries, both before and after their treatment with endovascular stents. Previous studies have focused on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses and have bypassed the challenges associated with experimentally representing the flow environment, providing no means for validation. This study analyzed steady flow conditions in 3 bifurcation angles and 4 different single- and double-stenting procedures, which are used clinically in coronary bifurcations.
KW - computational fluid dynamics
KW - coronary bifurcations
KW - computational fluid dynamics
KW - coronary bifurcations
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/70249
U2 - 10.5301/jabfm.5000217
DO - 10.5301/jabfm.5000217
M3 - Article
SN - 2280-8000
VL - 13
SP - e116-e116-26
JO - JOURNAL OF APPLIED BIOMATERIALS & FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
JF - JOURNAL OF APPLIED BIOMATERIALS & FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
ER -