posted on 2017-09-27, 11:09authored byTianyang Qiu
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading killer of human life worldwide.
Clinically, stent implantation with percutaneous coronary intervention has
become a standard and effective method to treat coronary artery disease. A large
amount of research work has been carried out to investigate the mechanical,
degradation and fatigue behavior for permanent metallic stents, but not for
bioresorbable polymeric stents. Such research gaps are urgently required to be
addressed, as bioresorbable polymeric stents are regarded as the next
generation medical devices, even replacing metallic stents. In this thesis,
pioneering efforts have been made to systematically study the mechanical
behavior of polymeric stents using finite element method, which are novel and
have not been reported in literature yet. [Continues.]
History
School
Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
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Publication date
2017
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A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.