Biothermal modeling of post-cryoplasty atherosclerosis in restenotic patients

No Thumbnail Available
Authors
Hsieh, Men-Chi
Ravigururajan, Tiruvadi S.
Advisors
Issue Date
2007-03
Type
Article
Keywords
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Citation
Cardiovascular engineering (Dordrecht, Netherlands). 2007 Mar; 7(1): 7-16.
Abstract

Atherosclerosis is a leading cause of heart diseases and mortality around the world. Recently, cryoplasty has emerged as a potential alternative method to treat arterial atherosclerosis. Finite element heat transfer and mass transfer models are developed using ANSYS in this study. The model analyzes the heat transfer within the atherosclerotic plaque and arterial wall during the cryoplasty procedure. The model is useful in predicting the transient temperature through the diseased wall tissues. The results may be used to decide required treatment procedure to effectively freeze the plaque with minimal damage to the healthy arterial tissues. Finally, the model investigates the parameters that may effect temperature distribution within the tissues during the ablative procedure.

Table of Contents
Description
Click on the DOI link below to access the article (may not be free).
Publisher
Springer
Journal
Book Title
Series
Cardiovascular Engineering (Dordrecht, Netherlands)
Cardiovasc Eng
PubMed ID
DOI
ISSN
1567-8822
EISSN