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Illustrations of hemodynamic analysis of reduction in flow velocity in an aneurysm of Case 1.
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posted on 2014-09-23, 02:46 authored by Kenichi Kono, Aki Shintani, Tomoaki TeradaContours of the cut plane are colored according to mean flow velocity. The white arrow in the pre-treatment image indicates the flow direction. Flow velocity was reduced by 20% after placement of stent struts on the initial geometry. Flow velocity was reduced by −11% (i.e., increased by 11%) after straightening of a vessel without stent struts. The combination of both stent struts and straightening resulted in a flow reduction of 15%. Straightening of the vessel changed the inflow angle from −24° to −15°.