Investigating Balloon-Vessel Contact Pressure Patterns in Angioplasty: In Silico Insights for Drug-Coated Balloons - Stratakos, Efstathios; Antonini, Luca; Poletti, Gianluca; Berti, Francesca; Tzafriri, Abraham R.; Petrini, Lorenza; Pennati, Giancarlo (Annals of biomedical engineering, 2023)
Keywords: Angioplasty; Balloon treatment; Biochemistry; Biological and Medical Physics; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Biomedicine; Biophysics; Blood vessels; Classical Mechanics; Coating; Coatings; Coefficient of friction; Contact pressure; Diameters; Endothelium; Extremities; Femoral artery; Finite element method; Friction; Irregularities; Medical equipment; Nonuniformity; Original Article; Spatial distribution; Stiffness; Thickness; Contact pressure; Finite element simulations; Numerical; Drug-coating; Non-uniformity; Drug-coated balloons