COUPLED FLUID-CHEMICAL COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF ANTICOAGULATION THERAPIES IN A STENTED ARTERY

dc.contributor.advisorMittal, Rajaten_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberZaki, Tamer A.en_US
dc.creatorGhosh, Anirbanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-23T05:18:22Z
dc.date.available2014-12-23T05:18:22Z
dc.date.created2014-05en_US
dc.date.issued2014-05-07en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2014en_US
dc.description.abstractStent thrombosis is a major complication that occurs after the placement of stents in the coronary artery through balloon angioplasty, associated with severe medical conditions with a high risk of mortality. The common treatment for stent thrombosis is to provide patients with anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy through the bloodstream, which has the adverse effect of increased risk of bleeding disorders. This study uses numerical modeling to compare two delivery methods of anticoagulant to the arterial wall to reduce thrombus formation: through the flow and via a drug-eluting stent. A two-dimensional thrombosis model is developed that couples an incompressible flow solver with a convection-diffusion-reaction equation model of the coagulation cascade and platelet activation and aggregation. The results find that the drug-eluting stent delivery of anticoagulant is more effective in reducing platelet activation and clotting, while also providing a more localized anticoagulant distribution.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://jhir.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/37092
dc.languageen
dc.publisherJohns Hopkins University
dc.subjectbiomechanicsen_US
dc.subjectfluid-structure interactionen_US
dc.subjectstent thrombosisen_US
dc.subjectthrombosis modelingen_US
dc.subjectcomputational fluid dynamicsen_US
dc.titleCOUPLED FLUID-CHEMICAL COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF ANTICOAGULATION THERAPIES IN A STENTED ARTERYen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorJohns Hopkins Universityen_US
thesis.degree.grantorWhiting School of Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.S.E.en_US
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