Ph.D thesis

D.E. Kiousis [pdf]
Biomechanical and computational modeling of atherosclerotic arteries: Insights to plaque vulnerability and stenting

Journal publications

D.E. Kiousis, S.F. Rubinigg, M. Auer and G.A. Holzapfel [pdf]
A methodology to analyze changes in lipid core and calcification onto fibrous cap vulnerability: The human atherosclerotic carotid bifurcation as an illustratory example. ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 131:121002, 2009.

D.E. Kiousis, A.R. Wulff and G.A. Holzapfel [pdf]
Experimental studies and numerical analysis of the inflation and interaction of vascular balloon catheter-stent systems. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 37:315-330, 2009.

D.E. Kiousis, T.C. Gasser and G.A. Holzapfel [pdf]
Smooth contact strategies with emphasis on the modeling of balloon angioplasty with stenting. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 75:826-855, 2008.

D.E. Kiousis, T.C. Gasser and G.A. Holzapfel [pdf]
A numerical model to study the interaction of vascular stents with human atherosclerotic lesions. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 35:1857-1869, 2007.

Book chapters

G.A. Holzapfel and D.E. Kiousis [pdf]
Interaction of balloon catheter-stent systems with atherosclerotic lesions: a computational study. In: N. Chakfé and B. Durand (eds.), "ESVB 2009 – New Technologies in Vascular Biomaterials. Connecting Biomaterials to Arterial Structures", Chapter 7, Europrot, Strasbourg, France (2009), 89-111.

G.A. Holzapfel and D.E. Kiousis [pdf]
Biomechanical characterization of the stented artery. Computational solid mechanical aspects. In: N. Chakfé, B. Durand and J.-G. Kretz (eds.), "ESVB 2007 – New Technologies in Vascular Biomaterials. Fundamentals About Stents II", Chapter 2, Europrot, Strasbourg, France (2007), 11-23.