Development of an alternative diagnostic tool for rupture risk assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysms using finite element simulation

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture is the 12th leading cause of death in the United States with a rank comparable to HIV/AIDS with deaths exceeding 12,000 a year. These deaths are preventable with early detection and elective repair. The current criterion for elective repair is an aneurysm with...

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Publié dans:Philippine Engineering Journal 27, 1 (2006).
Auteur principal: Danao, Louis Angelo M.
Autres auteurs: Publico, Andre S.
Format: Article
Langue:English
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