Numerical modeling of local pharmacokinetics associated with drug-eluting stent

Atherosclerotic plaque formation in the arterial wall is the major cause of stenotic coronary disease. To restore distal blood supply and overcome restenosis presented by bare-metal stents, drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation is widely used. However, the long-term efficacy of this mode of treatmen...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jahid Ferdous
Other Authors: Chong Chuh Khiun
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/19255
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
Be the first to leave a comment!
You must be logged in first