Patient-specific finite element model of coronary artery stenting.

CONCLUSIONS: The results may have implications not only for understanding the vulnerable plaques and arterial layers to rupture during the stenting, but also for providing a comprehensive information for the medical and biomechanical experts in interventions and surgeries, including balloon-angioplasty, bypass, and stenting.
PMID: 30514186 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Pharmaceutical Design - December 3, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Razaghi R, Karimi A, Taheri RA Tags: Curr Pharm Des Source Type: research