Flow simulations and measurements of a novel coronary arterial bypass graft design of sequential anastomoses

• 主要作者: Foad Kabinejadian
• 其他作者: Dhanjoo N. Ghista
• 格式: Theses and Dissertations
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2012
• 主題: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Surgical assistive technology
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/48910
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), the primary treatment for high-risk coronary artery disease patients, has a limited long-term patency mainly due to anastomotic intimal hyperplasia (IH). It is well proven that hemodynamic factors are implicated in the initiation and progression of IH. Therefo...