Geometrical and Stress Analysis of Factors Associated With Stent Fracture After Melody Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation | Zendy

Daria Cosentino | Zendy; Michael A. Quail | Zendy; Giancarlo Pennati | Zendy; Claudio Capelli | Zendy; Philipp Bonhoeffer | Zendy; Vanessa DíazZuccarini | Zendy; Andrew M. Taylor | Zendy; Silvia Schievano | Zendy

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Geometrical and Stress Analysis of Factors Associated With Stent Fracture After Melody Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation

Author(s) -

Daria Cosentino,

Michael A. Quail,

Giancarlo Pennati,

Claudio Capelli,

Philipp Bonhoeffer,

Vanessa DíazZuccarini,

Andrew M. Taylor,

Silvia Schievano

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular interventions

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.621

H-Index - 95

eISSN - 1941-7632

pISSN - 1941-7640

DOI - 10.1161/circinterventions.113.000631

Subject(s) - medicine , stent , confidence interval , balloon , odds ratio , cardiology , percutaneous , radiology , surgery

Patients treated with the Melody device (Medtronic) for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation experience stent fractures in ≈25% of the cases. The aim of this study is to identify the risk factors associated with fracture using 3-dimensional (3D) analyses.

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