Novel venous balloon for compliance measurement and stent sizing in a post-thrombotic swine model

M Wang, X Lu, L Han, AM Wang, S Raju… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective: Real-time accurate venous lesion characterization is needed during endovenous
interventions for stent deployment. The goal of this study is to validate a novel device for …

[HTML][HTML] The exploration of flow pattern in the superior vena cava of healthy adults: A 4D flow magnetic resonance imaging study

H Pu, H Cao, Y Fan, J Zhang, S Wang, Z Liu… - Medicine in Novel …, 2023 - Elsevier
Our study sought to investigate the blood flow pattern in the superior vena cava (SVC) of
healthy adults and to describe the development and characteristics of the flow pattern using …

Tissue-engineered transcatheter vein valve

ZH Syedain, AC Jenson, PS Patel, C Feagler… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Chronic venous insufficiency affects over 2 million patients in the US alone, with severe
cases involving thousands of patients with chronic leg ulcers and potential amputation …

[HTML][HTML] Hemodynamics of venous valve pairing and implications on helical flow

HY Chen, JA Diaz, F Lurie, SD Chambers… - Journal of Vascular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background It has been shown that venous valves have pairing arrangements with specific
relative orientation and spacing that contribute to helical flows. The studies to date have not …

Venous thromboembolism swine model with reflux-induced venous hypertension

M Wang, X Lu, L Han, JA Diaz, S Raju, GS Kassab - JVS-Vascular Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective This study describes a novel swine model of venous thromboembolism (VTE) with
reflux-induced venous hypertension. Methods Six pigs underwent disruption of the tricuspid …

[HTML][HTML] Venous compliance in great saphenous vein incompetence: Pre-and post-interventional changes

J Skoog, O Nelzén, H Zachrisson - EJVES Vascular Forum, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Venous insufficiency is associated with histological changes and structural
remodelling of the venous wall. The effects of these changes on global venous function …

[HTML][HTML] Role of vessel-to-prosthesis size mismatch in venous valve performance

WH Tien, X Zhao, HY Chen, ZC Berwick… - Journal of Vascular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Efforts to treat chronic venous insufficiency have focused on the development of
prosthetic venous valves. The role of prosthetic valve-to-vessel size matching has not been …

LumenRECON guidewire: pilot study of a novel, nonimaging technology for accurate vessel sizing and delivery of therapy in femoropopliteal disease

PK Nair, JG Carr, B Bigelow, DL Bhatt… - Circulation …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Proper vessel sizing during endovascular interventions is crucial to avoid
adverse procedural and clinical outcomes. LumenRECON (LR) is a novel, nonimaging …

Iliac veins are more compressible than iliac arteries: a new method of testing

M Brass, GS Kassab - Journal of Biomechanical …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Incompressibility implies that a tissue preserves its volume regardless of the loading
conditions. Although this assumption is well-established in arterial wall mechanics, it is …

Flow velocity is relatively uniform in the coronary sinusal venous tree: structure-function relation

H Wu, GS Kassab, W Tan… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
The structure and function of coronary venous vessels are different from those of coronary
arteries and are much less understood despite the therapeutic significance of coronary sinus …