Cross-sectional pinching in human femoropopliteal arteries due to limb flexion, and stent design optimization for maximum cross-sectional opening and minimum intramural stresses
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DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0475
Abstract: High failure rates of femoropopliteal artery (FPA) interventions are often attributed to severe mechanical deformations that occur with limb flexion. One of these deformations, cross-sectional pinching, has a direct effect on blood flow, but is… read more here.
Keywords: limb flexion; cross sectional; sectional pinching; intramural stresses ... See more keywords