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Objective: To investigate the hemodynamic effect of stents with different types of links on treating vertebral artery stenosis, and provide scientific guidelines for the design of stent structure and the clinical procedure of stent intervention. Methods: Models of vertebral artery with stenosis and three kinds of stents with different types of links (they were named as L-stent, V-stent and S-stent, respectively, according to the shape of links) were constructed by using Pro/Engineering. Based on the simulation results of the expansion of these stents in the stenotic vertebral artery, three finite element models of the stented vertebral artery were established for fluid flow analysis. Hemodynamic simulation was performed for the three models using ANSYS-CFX. Results: Compared with V-link and S-link stent, L-link stent caused smaller area of low wall shear stress distributions and smaller blood stagnation area. Conclusions: With better hemodynamic effect, L-stent can potentially reduce the possibility of in-stent restenosis and provide scientific references for the choice of stent, the design of stent structure and surgical planning of stent intervention.
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Journal of Medical Biomechanics
ISSN: 1004-7220
年份: 2013
期: 2
卷: 28
页码: 148-153