Patient-Specific Simulation of Coronary Artery Pressure Measurements: An In Vivo Three-Dimensional Validation Study in Humans

Pressure measurements using finite element computations without the need of a wire could be valuable in clinical practice. Our aim was to compare the computed distal coronary pressure values with the measured values using a pressure wire, while testing the effect of different boundary conditions for...

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Main Authors: Siogkas, Panagiotis K., Sakellarios, Antonis I., Stefanou, Kostas A., Bourantas, Christos V., Athanasiou, Lambros S., Exarchos, Themis P., Naka, Katerina K., Michalis, Lampros K., Parodi, Oberdan, Fotiadis, Dimitrios I., Papafaklis, Michail
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Medical Engineering & Science
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96118
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5646-0378