On the Ratio between Static Pressure and Thickness of Growing AAAs

A representative FE model was created in order to simulate the historical evolution of the AAA. CFD analyses were performed to obtain data of the static pressure aging on the model. Patient informed consent and IRB approval were obtained. A linear law was speculated to understand thickness thinning in function of aneurysm’s growth. The obtained pressure maps were used as input to perform elastic linear analyses on the five different FE wrappings.

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