A Nondimensional Scaling Parameter for Predicting Pressure Wave Reflection in Stented Arteries
Coronary stents have become a very popular treatment for cardiovascular disease, historically the leading cause of death in the United States. Stents, while successful in the short term, are subject to high failure rates (up to 24% in the first six months) due to wall regrowth and clotting, probabl...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31906 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04252005-115022/ |