Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 799-805 , June 2009

Computational Modeling of Blood Flow in the TrapEase Inferior Vena Cava Filter

  • Michael A. Singer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Applied Scientific Computing, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
    • ,
  • William D. Henshaw, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Applied Scientific Computing, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
    • ,
  • Stephen L. Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, 700 Lawrence Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to S.L.W.

Received 17 February 2008 ,Revised 31 January 2009 ,Accepted 4 February 2009.

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 From the 2009 SIR annual meeting.

 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00201-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.02.015

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 799-805 , June 2009

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