Impact of flow pulsatility on arterial drug distribution in stent-based therapy

Drug-eluting stents reside in a dynamic fluid environment where the extent to which drugs are distributed within the arterial wall is critically modulated by the blood flowing through the arterial lumen. Yet several factors associated with the pulsatile nature of blood flow and their impact on arter...

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Main Authors: O'Brien, Caroline C. (Contributor), Kolachalama, Vijaya Bhasker (Contributor), Barber, Tracie J. (Author), Simmons, Anne (Author), Edelman, Elazer R. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (Contributor), Harvard University- (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V., 2014-12-18T17:54:04Z.
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