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Lasso A, Herz C, Nam H, Cianciulli A, Pieper S, Drouin S, Pinter C, St-Onge S, Vigil C, Ching S, Sunderland K, Fichtinger G, Kikinis R, Jolley MA. SlicerHeart: An open-source computing platform for cardiac image analysis and modeling. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:886549. [PMID: 36148054 PMCID: PMC9485637 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.886549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Cardiovascular disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed world. 3D imaging of the heart's structure is critical to the understanding and treatment of cardiovascular disease. However, open-source tools for image analysis of cardiac images, particularly 3D echocardiographic (3DE) data, are limited. We describe the rationale, development, implementation, and application of SlicerHeart, a cardiac-focused toolkit for image analysis built upon 3D Slicer, an open-source image computing platform. We designed and implemented multiple Python scripted modules within 3D Slicer to import, register, and view 3DE data, including new code to volume render and crop 3DE. In addition, we developed dedicated workflows for the modeling and quantitative analysis of multi-modality image-derived heart models, including heart valves. Finally, we created and integrated new functionality to facilitate the planning of cardiac interventions and surgery. We demonstrate application of SlicerHeart to a diverse range of cardiovascular modeling and simulation including volume rendering of 3DE images, mitral valve modeling, transcatheter device modeling, and planning of complex surgical intervention such as cardiac baffle creation. SlicerHeart is an evolving open-source image processing platform based on 3D Slicer initiated to support the investigation and treatment of congenital heart disease. The technology in SlicerHeart provides a robust foundation for 3D image-based investigation in cardiovascular medicine.
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Affiliation(s)
- Andras Lasso
- Laboratory for Percutaneous Surgery, School of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Software and Information Technology Engineering, École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Software and Information Technology Engineering, École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Laboratory for Percutaneous Surgery, School of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Laboratory for Percutaneous Surgery, School of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States,Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States,*Correspondence: Matthew A. Jolley
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Yu C, Che Y, Sun G, Zhao X, Liu B. Research on Diagnosis Architecture of Cardiovascular Diseases Based on Multimedical Images. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2022; 2022:9123332. [PMID: 35186117 PMCID: PMC8849969 DOI: 10.1155/2022/9123332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effect of a multi-image source 3D modeling imaging examination system on the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases in cardiac surgery. METHODS The data of 680 confirmed patients and 1590 suspected patients in the cardiac surgery department of all hospitals of a large chain hospital management group were selected. All patients gave the examination results of multiple image sources and independent examination results of multiple image sources, respectively, their examination sensitivity, specificity, and reliability were compared, and the treatment efficiency and nursing satisfaction of the virtual reference group were deduced in MATLAB. Perform the bivariate t-test and comparative statistics in SPSS. RESULTS The multi-image source 3D modeling examination system had higher examination sensitivity, specificity, and reliability and higher examination sensitivity in the early stage of the disease. It was deduced that the clinical efficiency and nursing satisfaction based on the examination results were significantly improved (t < 10.000, p < 0.01). CONCLUSION The multi-image source 3D modeling imaging examination system is suitable for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases in cardiac surgery.
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- Chunying Yu
- Radiology Department, Shaanxi Normal University Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, China
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- Radiophysics Department, Qingdao Central Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266042, China
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- Radiology Department, Yan'an Hospital of Kunming City, Kunming, Yunnan 650051, China
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- Molecular Imaging Department, Qingdao Central Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266042, China
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- Radiology Department, Yan'an Hospital of Kunming City, Kunming, Yunnan 650051, China
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Bender JM, Adams WR, Mahadevan-Jansen A, Merryman WD, Bersi MR. Radiofrequency ablation alters the microstructural organization of healthy and enzymatically digested porcine mitral valves. EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS 2021; 61:235-251. [PMID: 33776074 PMCID: PMC7992362 DOI: 10.1007/s11340-020-00662-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Myxomatous mitral valve degeneration is a common cause of mitral regurgitation and is often associated with mitral valve prolapse. With no known targets to pharmacologically treat mitral valve prolapse, surgery is often the only treatment option. Recently, radiofrequency ablation has been proposed as a percutaneous alternative to surgical resection for the reduction of mitral valve leaflet area. OBJECTIVE Using an in vitro model of porcine mitral valve anterior leaflet enlargement following enzymatic digestion, we sought to investigate mechanisms by which radiofrequency ablation alters the geometry, microstructural organization, and mechanical properties of healthy and digested leaflets. METHODS Paired measurements before and after ablation revealed the impact of radiofrequency ablation on leaflet properties. Multiphoton imaging was used to characterize changes in the structure and organization of the valvular extracellular matrix; planar biaxial mechanical testing and constitutive modeling were used to estimate mechanical properties of healthy and digested leaflets. RESULTS Enzymatic digestion increased leaflet area and thickness to a similar extent as clinical mitral valve disease. Radiofrequency ablation altered extracellular matrix alignment and reduced the area of digested leaflets to that of control. Additionally, enzymatic digestion resulted in fiber alignment and reorientation toward the radial direction, causing increased forces during ablation and a structural stiffening which was improved by radiofrequency ablation. CONCLUSION Radiofrequency ablation induces radial extracellular matrix alignment and effectively reduces the area of enlarged mitral valve leaflets. Hence, this technique may be a therapeutic approach for myxomatous mitral valve disease and is thus an avenue for future study.
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- J M Bender
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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Meijerink F, Wijdh-den Hamer IJ, Bouma W, Pouch AM, Aly AH, Lai EK, Eperjesi TJ, Acker MA, Yushkevich PA, Hung J, Mariani MA, Khabbaz KR, Gleason TG, Mahmood F, Gorman JH, Gorman RC. Intraoperative post-annuloplasty three-dimensional valve analysis does not predict recurrent ischemic mitral regurgitation. J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 15:161. [PMID: 32616001 PMCID: PMC7333337 DOI: 10.1186/s13019-020-01138-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND High ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) recurrence rates continue to plague IMR repair with undersized ring annuloplasty. We have previously shown that pre-repair three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) analysis is highly predictive of IMR recurrence. The objective of this study was to determine the quantitative change in 3DE annular and leaflet tethering parameters immediately after repair and to determine if intraoperative post-repair 3DE parameters would be able to predict IMR recurrence 6 months after repair. METHODS Intraoperative pre- and post-repair transesophageal real-time 3DE was performed in 35 patients undergoing undersized ring annuloplasty for IMR. An advanced modeling algorhythm was used to assess 3D annular geometry and regional leaflet tethering. IMR recurrence (≥ grade 2) was assessed with transthoracic echocardiography 6 months after repair. RESULTS Annuloplasty significantly reduced septolateral diameter, commissural width, annular area, and tethering volume and significantly increased all segmental tethering angles (except A2). Intraoperative post-repair annular geometry and leaflet tethering did not differ significantly between patients with recurrent IMR (n = 9) and patients with non-recurrent IMR (n = 26). No intraoperative post-repair predictors of IMR recurrence could be identified. CONCLUSIONS Undersized ring annuloplasty changes mitral geometry acutely, exacerbates leaflet tethering, and generally fixes IMR acutely, but it does not always fix the delicate underlying chronic problem of continued left ventricular dilatation and remodeling. This may explain why pre-repair 3D valve geometry (which reflects chronic left ventricular remodeling) is highly predictive of recurrent IMR, whereas immediate post-repair 3D valve geometry (which does not completely reflect chronic left ventricular remodeling anymore) is not.
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- Frank Meijerink
- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Paulsen MJ, Bae JH, Imbrie-Moore AM, Wang H, Hironaka CE, Farry JM, Lucian H, Thakore AD, Cutkosky MR, Joseph Woo Y. Development and Ex Vivo Validation of Novel Force-Sensing Neochordae for Measuring Chordae Tendineae Tension in the Mitral Valve Apparatus Using Optical Fibers With Embedded Bragg Gratings. J Biomech Eng 2020; 142:014501. [PMID: 31253992 PMCID: PMC7104756 DOI: 10.1115/1.4044142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Few technologies exist that can provide quantitative data on forces within the mitral valve apparatus. Marker-based strain measurements can be performed, but chordal geometry and restricted optical access are limitations. Foil-based strain sensors have been described and work well, but the sensor footprint limits the number of chordae that can be measured. We instead utilized fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors-optical strain gauges made of 125 μm diameter silica fibers-to overcome some limitations of previous methods of measuring chordae tendineae forces. Using FBG sensors, we created a force-sensing neochord (FSN) that mimics the natural shape and movement of native chordae. FBG sensors reflect a specific wavelength of light depending on the spatial period of gratings. When force is applied, the gratings move relative to one another, shifting the wavelength of reflected light. This shift is directly proportional to force applied. The FBG sensors were housed in a protective sheath fashioned from a 0.025 in. flat coil, and attached to the chordae using polytetrafluoroethylene suture. The function of the force-sensing neochordae was validated in a three-dimensional (3D)-printed left heart simulator, which demonstrated that FBG sensors provide highly sensitive force measurements of mitral valve chordae at a temporal resolution of 1000 Hz. As ventricular pressures increased, such as in hypertension, chordae forces also increased. Overall, FBG sensors are a viable, durable, and high-fidelity sensing technology that can be effectively used to measure mitral valve chordae forces and overcome some limitations of other such technologies.
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- Michael J. Paulsen
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305; Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University,
Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Norman E. Shumway Professor and Chair Department of Cardiothoracic
Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
94305; Department of Bioengineering, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305
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Combining position-based dynamics and gradient vector flow for 4D mitral valve segmentation in TEE sequences. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg 2019; 15:119-128. [PMID: 31598891 DOI: 10.1007/s11548-019-02071-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE For planning and guidance of minimally invasive mitral valve repair procedures, 3D+t transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) sequences are acquired before and after the intervention. The valve is then visually and quantitatively assessed in selected phases. To enable a quantitative assessment of valve geometry and pathological properties in all heart phases, as well as the changes achieved through surgery, we aim to provide a new 4D segmentation method. METHODS We propose a tracking-based approach combining gradient vector flow (GVF) and position-based dynamics (PBD). An open-state surface model of the valve is propagated through time to the closed state, attracted by the GVF field of the leaflet area. The PBD method ensures topological consistency during deformation. For evaluation, one expert in cardiac surgery annotated the closed-state leaflets in 10 TEE sequences of patients with normal and abnormal mitral valves, and defined the corresponding open-state models. RESULTS The average point-to-surface distance between the manual annotations and the final tracked model was [Formula: see text]. Qualitatively, four cases were satisfactory, five passable and one unsatisfactory. Each sequence could be segmented in 2-6 min. CONCLUSION Our approach enables to segment the mitral valve in 4D TEE image data with normal and pathological valve closing behavior. With this method, in addition to the quantification of the remaining orifice area, shape and dimensions of the coaptation zone can be analyzed and considered for planning and surgical result assessment.
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Sacks M, Drach A, Lee CH, Khalighi A, Rego B, Zhang W, Ayoub S, Yoganathan A, Gorman RC, Gorman Iii JH. On the simulation of mitral valve function in health, disease, and treatment. J Biomech Eng 2019; 141:2731932. [PMID: 31004145 PMCID: PMC6611349 DOI: 10.1115/1.4043552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The mitral valve (MV) is the heart valve that regulates blood ?ow between the left atrium and left ventricle (LV). In situations where the MV fails to fully cover the left atrioventricular ori?ce during systole, the resulting regurgitation causes pulmonary congestion, leading to heart failure and/or stroke. The causes of MV insuf?ciency can be either primary (e.g. myxomatous degeneration) where the valvular tissue is organically diseased, or secondary (typically inducded by ischemic cardiomyopathy) termed ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR), is brought on by adverse LV remodeling. IMR is present in up to 40% of patients and more than doubles the probability of cardiovascular morbidity after 3.5 years. There is now agreement that adjunctive procedures are required to treat IMR caused by lea?et tethering. However, there is no consensus regarding the best procedure. Multicenter registries and randomized trials would be necessary to prove which procedure is superior. Given the number of proposed procedures and the complexity and duration of such studies, it is highly unlikely that IMR procedure optimization will be achieved by prospective clinical trials. There is thus an urgent need for cell and tissue physiologically based quantitative assessments of MV function to better design surgical solutions and associated therapies. Novel computational approaches directed towards optimized surgical repair procedures can substantially reduce the need for such trial-and-error approaches. We present the details of our MV modeling techniques, with an emphasis on what is known and investigated at various length scales.
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- Michael Sacks
- aWillerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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- Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Chitwood WR. Invited Commentary. Ann Thorac Surg 2016; 102:710-711. [DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2016] [Revised: 06/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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