In silico assessment of a compliant vascular prosthesis

• Main Author: Wong, Yi Jean
• Other Authors: Subbu S. Venkatraman
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73733
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Coronary heart disease is one of the most common disease in the world causing about 30% of deaths per year. The main cause is resulted from the narrowing of blood vessels due to the accumulation of fatty material within a plaque on the inner walls of the coronary artery. The plaque gradually bloc...