PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Meng, H.
AU  - Wang, Z.
AU  - Kim, M.
AU  - Ecker, R.D.
AU  - Hopkins, L.N.
TI  - Saccular Aneurysms on Straight and Curved Vessels Are Subject to Different Hemodynamics: Implications of Intravascular Stenting
DP  - 2006 Oct 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1861--1865
VI  - 27
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/9/1861.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/9/1861.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2006 Oct 01; 27
AB  - SUMMARY: Our aim was to examine hemodynamic implications of intravascular stenting in the canine venous pouch (sidewall or straight-vessel) and rabbit elastase (curved-vessel) aneurysm models. Flow dynamics in stented (Wallstent) and nonstented versions were studied by using computational fluid dynamics simulations and in vitro flow visualization, with a focus on stent placement effects on aneurysmal flow stagnancy and flow impingement. Results show that sidewall and curved aneurysm models have fundamentally different hemodynamics (shear-driven versus inertia-driven) and thus stent placement outcomes.