Structural Mechanics Predictions Relating to Clinical Coronary Stent Fracture in a 5 Year Period in FDA MAUDE Database

Endovascular stents are the mainstay of interventional cardiovascular medicine. Technological advances have reduced biological and clinical complications but not mechanical failure. Stent strut fracture is increasingly recognized as of paramount clinical importance. Though consensus reigns that frac...

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Main Authors: Everett, Kay D., Conway, Claire, Desany, Gerard J., Baker, Brian L., Choi, Gilwoo, Taylor, Charles A., Edelman, Elazer R
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Medical Engineering & Science
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103368
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7832-7156
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4236-2280