RETRACTED: Hemodynamic Features of Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms before Rupture: A CFD Study

Hao Li, Ligang Chen, Changren Huang, Yong Jiang, Weifeng Wan, Jinghu Dong, Tangming Peng^*

Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, China.

DOI: 10.4236/cmb.2015.51002                

Abstract

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Keywords

Aneurysm, Hemodynamic, Morphological, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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