Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 679-688 , March 2010

The impact of model assumptions on results of computational mechanics in abdominal aortic aneurysm

  • Christian Reeps, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Christian Reeps, MD, Abteilung für Gefäßchirurgie, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Ismaninger Str 22, 81675 München, Germany
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  • Michael Gee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Computational Mechanics, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
    • ,
  • Andreas Maier

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Computational Mechanics, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
    • ,
  • Manuela Gurdan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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  • Hans-Henning Eckstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
    • ,
  • Wolfgang A. Wall, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Computational Mechanics, Technische Universität München, München, Germany

Received 25 May 2009 ,Accepted 4 October 2009.

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 This work received support from the International Graduate School of Science and Engineering of the Technische Universität München, Germany, under Project 2-11 and 3-7.

 Competition of interest: none.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)02100-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.10.048

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 679-688 , March 2010

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