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Laha S, Fourtakas G, Das PK, Keshmiri A. Smoothed particle hydrodynamics based FSI simulation of the native and mechanical heart valves in a patient-specific aortic model. Sci Rep 2024; 14:6762. [PMID: 38514703 PMCID: PMC10957961 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57177-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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The failure of the aortic heart valve is common, resulting in deterioration of the pumping function of the heart. For the end stage valve failure, bi-leaflet mechanical valve (most popular artificial valve) is implanted. However, due to its non-physiological behaviour, a significant alteration is observed in the normal haemodynamics of the aorta. While in-vivo experimentation of a human heart valve (native and artificial) is a formidable task, in-silico study using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with fluid structure interaction (FSI) is an effective and economic tool for investigating the haemodynamics of natural and artificial heart valves. In the present work, a haemodynamic model of a natural and mechanical heart valve has been developed using meshless particle-based smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH). In order to further enhance its clinical relevance, this study employs a patient-specific vascular geometry and presents a successful validation against traditional finite volume method and 4D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. The results have demonstrated that SPH is ideally suited to simulate the heart valve function due to its Lagrangian description of motion, which is a favourable feature for FSI. In addition, a novel methodology for the estimation of the wall shear stress (WSS) and other related haemodynamic parameters have been proposed from the SPH perspective. Finally, a detailed comparison of the haemodynamic parameters has been carried out for both native and mechanical aortic valve, with a particular emphasis on the clinical risks associated with the mechanical valve.
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- Sumanta Laha
- School of Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India
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- School of Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India
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- School of Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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Lee JH, Kuhar S, Seo JH, Pasricha PJ, Mittal R. Computational modeling of drug dissolution in the human stomach: Effects of posture and gastroparesis on drug bioavailability. PHYSICS OF FLUIDS (WOODBURY, N.Y. : 1994) 2022; 34:081904. [PMID: 35971381 PMCID: PMC9372820 DOI: 10.1063/5.0096877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The oral route is the most common choice for drug administration because of several advantages, such as convenience, low cost, and high patient compliance, and the demand and investment in research and development for oral drugs continue to grow. The rate of dissolution and gastric emptying of the dissolved active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) into the duodenum is modulated by gastric motility, physical properties of the pill, and the contents of the stomach, but current in vitro procedures for assessing dissolution of oral drugs are limited in their ability to recapitulate this process. This is particularly relevant for disease conditions, such as gastroparesis, that alter the anatomy and/or physiology of the stomach. In silico models of gastric biomechanics offer the potential for overcoming these limitations of existing methods. In the current study, we employ a biomimetic in silico simulator based on the realistic anatomy and morphology of the stomach (referred to as "StomachSim") to investigate and quantify the effect of body posture and stomach motility on drug bioavailability. The simulations show that changes in posture can potentially have a significant (up to 83%) effect on the emptying rate of the API into the duodenum. Similarly, a reduction in antral contractility associated with gastroparesis can also be found to significantly reduce the dissolution of the pill as well as emptying of the API into the duodenum. The simulations show that for an equivalent motility index, the reduction in gastric emptying due to neuropathic gastroparesis is larger by a factor of about five compared to myopathic gastroparesis.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed:
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Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of blood flow plays an important role in better understanding various medical conditions, designing more effective drug delivery systems, and developing novel diagnostic methods and treatments. However, despite significant advances in computational technology and resources, the expensive computational cost of these simulations still hinders their transformation from a research interest to a clinical tool. This bottleneck is even more severe for image-based, patient-specific CFD simulations with realistic boundary conditions and complex computational domains, which make such simulations excessively expensive. To address this issue, deep learning approaches have been recently explored to accelerate computational hemodynamics simulations. In this study, we review recent efforts to integrate deep learning with CFD and discuss the applications of this approach in solving hemodynamics problems, such as blood flow behavior in aorta and cerebral arteries. We also discuss potential future directions in the field. In this review, we suggest that incorporating physiologic understandings and underlying fluid mechanics laws in deep learning models will soon lead to a paradigm shift in the development novel non-invasive computational medical decisions.
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Chen A, Basri AAB, Ismail NB, Tamagawa M, Zhu D, Ahmad KA. Simulation of Mechanical Heart Valve Dysfunction and the Non-Newtonian Blood Model Approach. Appl Bionics Biomech 2022; 2022:9612296. [PMID: 35498142 PMCID: PMC9042627 DOI: 10.1155/2022/9612296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The mechanical heart valve (MHV) is commonly used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Nonphysiological hemodynamic in the MHV may cause hemolysis, platelet activation, and an increased risk of thromboembolism. Thromboembolism may cause severe complications and valve dysfunction. This paper thoroughly reviewed the simulation of physical quantities (velocity distribution, vortex formation, and shear stress) in healthy and dysfunctional MHV and reviewed the non-Newtonian blood flow characteristics in MHV. In the MHV numerical study, the dysfunction will affect the simulation results, increase the pressure gradient and shear stress, and change the blood flow patterns, increasing the risks of hemolysis and platelet activation. The blood flow passes downstream and has obvious recirculation and stagnation region with the increased dysfunction severity. Due to the complex structure of the MHV, the non-Newtonian shear-thinning viscosity blood characteristics become apparent in MHV simulations. The comparative study between Newtonian and non-Newtonian always shows the difference. The shear-thinning blood viscosity model is the basics to build the blood, also the blood exhibiting viscoelastic properties. More details are needed to establish a complete and more realistic simulation.
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- Aolin Chen
- Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia
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- Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 804-8550, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia
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Zhang Y, Zhang R, Thomas N, Ullah AH, Eichholz B, Estevadeordal J, Suzen YB. Experimental and computational study of pulsatile flow characteristics in Romanesque and gothic aortic arch models. Med Eng Phys 2022; 102:103784. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2022.103784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Ahmed M, Gupta N, Jana R, Das M, Kar PK. Ramifications of Vorticity on Aggregation and Activation of Platelets in Bi-Leaflet Mechanical Heart Valve: Fluid-Structure-Interaction Study. J Biomech Eng 2022; 144:1133337. [PMID: 35079764 DOI: 10.1115/1.4053665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valves (BMHV) are widely implanted to replace diseased heart valves. Despite many improvements in design, these valves still suffer from various complications, such as valve dysfunction, tissue overgrowth, hemolysis, and thromboembolism. Thrombosis and thromboembolism are believed to be initiated by platelet activation due to contact with foreign surfaces and non-physiological flow patterns. The implantation of the valve causes non-physiological patterns of vortex shedding behind the leaflets. The present study signifies the importance of vorticity in platelet activation and aggregation in BMHV implants. A two-phase model with the first Eulerian phase for blood and the second Discrete phase for platelets are used here. The generalized cross model of viscosity has been used to simulate the non-Newtonian viscosity of blood. A Fluid-Structure-Interaction model has been used to simulate the motion of leaflets. The present study has also estimated Platelet Activation State (PAS), which is the mathematical estimation of the degree of activation of platelets due to flow-induced shear stresses that cause thrombus formation. The regions in the fluid domain with a higher vorticity field have been found to contain platelets with relatively higher PAS than regions with relatively lower vorticity fields. Also, this study has quantitatively reported the effect of vorticity on platelet aggregation. The densities of platelets in the fluid areas with higher vorticity fields are higher than densities in the fluid regions with relatively lower vorticity fields, which indicate aggregation of highly activated platelets in areas with somewhat higher vorticity.
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- Meraj Ahmed
- Advanced Nanoengineering Materials Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT-Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, UP, India
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences of Mechanical Engineering, Lucknow-226014, UP, India
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- Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital (VMMC and SJH), New Delhi-110029, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT-Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, UP, India
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- Advanced Nanoengineering Materials Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT-Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, UP, India; Advanced Nanoengineering Materials Laboratory, Materials Science Program, IIT-Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, UP, India
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Whiting R, Sander E, Conway C, Vaughan TJ. In silico modelling of aortic valve implants - predicting in vitro performance using finite element analysis. J Med Eng Technol 2022; 46:220-230. [PMID: 35072595 DOI: 10.1080/03091902.2022.2026506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The competing structural and hemodynamic considerations in valve design generally require a large amount of in vitro hydrodynamic and durability testing during development, often resulting in inefficient "trial-and-error" prototyping. While in silico modelling through finite element analysis (FEA) has been widely used to inform valve design by optimising structural performance, few studies have exploited the potential insight FEA could provide into critical hemodynamic performance characteristics of the valve. The objective of this study is to demonstrate the potential of FEA to predict the hydrodynamic performance of tri-leaflet aortic valve implants obtained during development through in vitro testing. Several variations of tri-leaflet aortic valves were designed and manufactured using a synthetic polymer and hydrodynamic testing carried out using a pulsatile flow rig according to ISO 5840, with bulk hydrodynamic parameters measured. In silico models were developed in tandem and suitable surrogate measures were investigated as predictors of the hydrodynamic parameters. Through regression analysis, the in silico parameters of leaflet coaptation area, geometric orifice area and opening pressure were found to be suitable indicators of experimental in vitro hydrodynamic parameters: regurgitant fraction, effective orifice area and transvalvular pressure drop performance, respectively.
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- Robert Whiting
- Biomechanics Research Centre (BMEC), Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Cardiovascular Research and Innovation Centre, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG), Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Ireland
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- Biomechanics Research Centre (BMEC), Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Hemodynamic Performance of Dysfunctional Prosthetic Heart Valve with the Concomitant Presence of Subaortic Stenosis: In Silico Study. Bioengineering (Basel) 2020; 7:bioengineering7030090. [PMID: 32784661 PMCID: PMC7552677 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering7030090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The prosthetic heart valve is vulnerable to dysfunction after surgery, thus a frequent assessment is required. Doppler electrocardiography and its quantitative parameters are commonly used to assess the performance of the prosthetic heart valves and provide detailed information on the interaction between the heart chambers and related prosthetic valves, allowing early detection of complications. However, in the case of the presence of subaortic stenosis, the accuracy of Doppler has not been fully investigated in previous studies and guidelines. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the accuracy of the parameters in such cases to get early detection, and a proper treatment plan for the patient, at the right time. In the current study, a CFD simulation was performed for the blood flow through a Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valve (BMHV) with concomitant obstruction in the Left Ventricle Outflow Tract (LVOT). The current study explores the impact of the presence of the subaortic on flow patterns. It also investigates the accuracy of (BMHV) evaluation using Doppler parameters, as proposed in the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) guidelines.
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An image-based computational hemodynamics study of the Systolic Anterior Motion of the mitral valve. Comput Biol Med 2020; 123:103922. [PMID: 32741752 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2020.103922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the mitral valve - often associated with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - is a cardiac pathology in which a functional subaortic stenosis is induced during systole by the mitral leaflets partially obstructing the outflow tract of the left ventricle. Its assessment by diagnostic tests is often difficult, possibly underestimating its severity and thus increasing the risk of heart failure. In this paper, we propose a new computational pipeline, based on cardiac cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging (cine-MRI) data, for the assessment of SAM. The pipeline encompasses image processing of the left ventricle and the mitral valve, and numerical investigation of cardiac hemodynamics by means of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in a moving domain with image-based prescribed displacement. Patient-specific geometry and motion of the left ventricle are considered in view of an Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian approach for CFD, while the reconstructed mitral valve is immersed in the computational domain by means of a resistive method. We assess clinically relevant flow and pressure indicators in a parametric study for different degrees of SAM severity, in order to provide a better quantitative evaluation of the pathological condition. Moreover, we provide specific indications for its possible surgical treatment, i.e. septal myectomy.
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Zhang R, Zhang Y. Experimental analysis of pulsatile flow characteristics in prosthetic aortic valve models with stenosis. Med Eng Phys 2020; 79:10-18. [PMID: 32205024 DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2020.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bioprosthetic valves are widely used for aortic valve replacements for patients with severe aortic diseases. However, tissue-engineered leaflets normally deteriorate over time due to calcification, leading to life-threatening conditions that would require re-operation. The hemodynamics induced by a prosthetic stenosis is complicated and not fully understood. This in vitro experimental study focuses on the fluid dynamics of two aortic valve models with different prosthetic stenosis conditions. An in vitro cardiovascular flow simulator was utilized to provide the pulsatile physiological flow conditions. Phase-locked particle image velocimetry (PIV) and high-frequency pressure sensors were employed to measure the flow fields and pressure waveforms. Pressure data were evaluated for the two models representing moderate and severe stenosis conditions, respectively. The severe prosthetic stenosis induced a prolonged ejection period and increased acceleration time ratio. PIV results suggest the severe prosthetic stenosis resulted in a two-fold increase in peak jet velocity and a three-fold increase in peak turbulence kinetic energy compared to the moderate stenosis case. The severe stenosis also caused rapid expansion of the jet downstream of the valve orifice and increased eccentricity of the jet flow. The maximum Reynolds shear stress in the severe stenosis case was found similar to the bileaflet mechanical valve reported by previous literature, which was below the risk threshold of blood cell damage but could potentially increase the risks of platelet activation and aggregation.
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- Ruihang Zhang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Dakota State University, Dept 2490, PO Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58103, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Dakota State University, Dept 2490, PO Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58103, USA.
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Sadipour M, Hanafizadeh P, Sadeghy K, Sattari A. Effect of Aortic Wall Deformation with Healthy and Calcified Annulus on Hemodynamic Performance of Implanted On-X Valve. Cardiovasc Eng Technol 2020; 11:141-161. [PMID: 31912432 DOI: 10.1007/s13239-019-00453-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In this research, the hemodynamic performance of a 23-mm On-X bileaflet mechanical heart valve (BMHV) was investigated with the realistic geometry model of the valve and the deformable aorta in accelerating systole. In addition, the effect of ascending aorta flexibility and aortic annulus calcification on the complex blood flow characteristics were investigated. METHODS The geometry of the aorta is derived from the medical images, and the Ogden model has been utilized for the mechanical behavior of the ascending aorta. The 3D numerical simulation by a two-way Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) analysis using the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method was performed throughout the accelerating systolic phase. RESULTS The dynamics of the leaflets are investigated, and blood flow characteristics such as velocities, vorticities as well as viscous and turbulent shear stress were precisely captured in the flow domain specifically in the hinge region. Streamline results are in accordance with the previously reported data, which show that the flared On-X valves inlet yields a more uniform flow in accelerating systole. Simulations show that aorta flexibility or valve annulus calcification causes variations up to 7% in maximum fluid velocity and 20% in Turbulence Kinetic Energy (TKE). CONCLUSIONS In this study, the complex flow field characteristics in the new generation of BMHVs considering aorta flexibility with healthy and calcified annulus were investigated. It was found that the blood flow around the hinges region is in the danger of hemolysis and platelet activation and subsequently thromboembolism. Furthermore, the results show that similar to vessel wall deformation, considering the probable annulus calcification after valve replacement is also essential.
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- Masod Sadipour
- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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A Numerical Analysis of Pressure Pulsation Characteristics Induced by Unsteady Blood Flow in a Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valve. Processes (Basel) 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/pr7040232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The leaflet vibration phenomenon in bileaflet mechanical heart valves (BMHVs) can cause complications such as hemolysis, leaflet damage, and valve fracture. One of the main reasons for leaflet vibration is the unsteady blood flow pressure pulsation induced by turbulent flow instabilities. In this study, we performed numerical simulations of unsteady flow through a BMHV and observed pressure pulsation characteristics under different flow rates and leaflet fully opening angle conditions. The pressure pulsation coefficient and the low-Reynolds k-ω model in CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) software were employed to solve these problems. Results showed that the level of pressure pulsation was highly influenced by velocity distribution, and that the higher coefficient of pressure pulsation was associated with the lower flow velocity along the main flow direction. The influence of pressure pulsation near the trailing edges was much larger than the data obtained near the leading edges of the leaflets. In addition, considering the level of pressure pulsation and the flow uniformity, the recommended setting of leaflet fully opening angle was about 80°.
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Joda A, Jin Z, Summers J, Korossis S. Comparison of a fixed-grid and arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian methods on modelling fluid–structure interaction of the aortic valve. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2019; 233:544-553. [DOI: 10.1177/0954411919837568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study was aimed at assessing the robustness of a fixed-grid fluid–structure interaction method (Multi-Material Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian) to modelling the two-dimensional native aortic valve dynamics and comparing it to the Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian method. For the fixed-grid method, the explicit finite element solver LS-DYNA was utilized, where two independent meshes for the fluid and structure were generated and the penalty method was used to handle the coupling between the fluid and structure domains. For the Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian method, the implicit finite element solver ADINA was used where two separate conforming meshes were used for the valve structure and the fluid domains. The comparison demonstrated that both fluid–structure interaction methods predicted accurately the valve dynamics, fluid flow, and stress distribution, implying that fixed-grid methods can be used in situations where the Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian method fails.
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- Akram Joda
- Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Cardiopulmonary Regenerative Engineering (CARE) Group, The Centre for Biological Engineering (CBE), Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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- Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surface and Interfaces, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Cardiopulmonary Regenerative Engineering (CARE) Group, The Centre for Biological Engineering (CBE), Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
- Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Combined In Silico and In Vitro Approach Predicts Low Wall Shear Stress Regions in a Hemofilter that Correlate with Thrombus Formation In Vivo. ASAIO J 2019; 64:211-217. [PMID: 28857774 DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000000649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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A major challenge in developing blood-contacting medical devices is mitigating thrombogenicity of an intravascular device. Thrombi may interfere with device function or embolize from the device to occlude distant vascular beds with catastrophic consequences. Chemical interactions between plasma proteins and bioengineered surface occur at the nanometer scale; however, continuum models of blood predict local shear stresses that lead to platelet activation or aggregation and thrombosis. Here, an iterative approach to blood flow path design incorporating in silico, in vitro, and in vivo experiments predicted the occurrence and location of thrombi in an implantable hemofilter. Low wall shear stress (WSS) regions identified by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) predicted clot formation in vivo. Revised designs based on CFD demonstrated superior performance, illustrating the importance of a multipronged approach for a successful design process.
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Ha H, Kvitting JP, Dyverfeldt P, Ebbers T. Validation of pressure drop assessment using 4D flow MRI-based turbulence production in various shapes of aortic stenoses. Magn Reson Med 2018; 81:893-906. [PMID: 30252155 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.27437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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PURPOSE To validate pressure drop measurements using 4D flow MRI-based turbulence production in various shapes of stenotic stenoses. METHODS In vitro flow phantoms with seven different 3D-printed aortic valve geometries were constructed and scanned with 4D flow MRI with six-directional flow encoding (ICOSA6). The pressure drop through the valve was non-invasively predicted based on the simplified Bernoulli, the extended Bernoulli, the turbulence production, and the shear-scaling methods. Linear regression and agreement of the predictions with invasively measured pressure drop were analyzed. RESULTS All pressure drop predictions using 4D Flow MRI were linearly correlated to the true pressure drop but resulted in different regression slopes. The regression slope and 95% limits of agreement for the simplified Bernoulli method were 1.35 and 11.99 ± 21.72 mm Hg. The regression slope and 95% limits of agreement for the extended Bernoulli method were 1.02 and 0.74 ± 8.48 mm Hg. The regression slope and 95% limits of agreement for the turbulence production method were 0.89 and 0.96 ± 8.01 mm Hg. The shear-scaling method presented good correlation with an invasively measured pressure drop, but the regression slope varied between 0.36 and 1.00 depending on the shear-scaling coefficient. CONCLUSION The pressure drop assessment based on the turbulence production method agrees well with the extended Bernoulli method and invasively measured pressure drop in various shapes of the aortic valve. Turbulence-based pressure drop estimation can, as a complement to the conventional Bernoulli method, play a role in the assessment of valve diseases.
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- Hojin Ha
- Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.,Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.,Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.,Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.,Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.,Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.,Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Madhavan S, Kemmerling EMC. The effect of inlet and outlet boundary conditions in image-based CFD modeling of aortic flow. Biomed Eng Online 2018; 17:66. [PMID: 29843730 PMCID: PMC5975715 DOI: 10.1186/s12938-018-0497-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Computational modeling of cardiovascular flow is a growing and useful field, but such simulations usually require the researcher to guess the flow’s inlet and outlet conditions since they are difficult and expensive to measure. It is critical to determine the amount of uncertainty introduced by these assumptions in order to evaluate the degree to which cardiovascular flow simulations are accurate. Our work begins to address this question by examining the sensitivity of flow to several different assumed velocity inlet and outlet conditions in a patient-specific aorta model. Methods We examined the differences between plug flow, parabolic flow, linear shear flows, skewed cubic flow profiles, and Womersley flow at the inlet. Only the shape of the inlet velocity profile was varied—all other parameters were identical among these simulations. Secondary flow in the form of a counter-rotating pair of vortices was also added to parabolic axial flow to study its effect on the solution. In addition, we examined the differences between two-element Windkessel, three element Windkessel and the outflow boundary conditions. In these simulations, only the outlet boundary condition was varied. Results The results show axial and in-plane velocities are considerably different close to the inlet for the cases with different inlet velocity profile shapes. However, the solutions are qualitatively similar beyond 1.75D, where D is the inlet diameter. This trend is also observed in other quantities such as pressure and wall shear stress. Normalized root-mean-square deviation, a measure of axial velocity magnitude differences between the different cases, generally decreases along the streamwise coordinate. The linear shear inlet velocity boundary condition and plug velocity boundary condition solution exhibit the highest time-averaged wall shear stress, approximately \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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\begin{document}$$18\%$$\end{document}18% in terms of time-averaged wall shear stress. Furthermore, normalized root-mean-square deviation of axial velocity magnitude, a measure of deviation between Windkessel and the outflow boundary condition, increases along the streamwise coordinate indicating larger variations near outlets. Conclusion It was found that the selection of inlet velocity conditions significantly affects only the flow region close to the inlet of the aorta. Beyond two diameters distal to the inlet, differences in flow solution are small. Although additional studies must be performed to verify this result, the data suggest that it is important to use patient-specific inlet conditions primarily if the researcher is concerned with the details of the flow very close to the inlet. Similarly, the selection of outlet conditions significantly affects the flow in the vicinity of the outlets. Upstream of five diameters proximal to the outlet, deviations between the outlet boundary conditions examined are insignificant. Although the inlet and outlet conditions only affect the flow significantly in their respective neighborhoods, our study indicates that outlet conditions influence a larger percentage of the solution domain.
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- Sudharsan Madhavan
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University, 200 College Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
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Buck AKW, Goebel SG, Goodin MS, Wright NJ, Groszek JJ, Moyer J, Singh S, Bluestein D, Fissell WH, Roy S. Original article submission: Platelet stress accumulation analysis to predict thrombogenicity of an artificial kidney. J Biomech 2018; 69:26-33. [PMID: 29395231 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Revised: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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An implantable artificial kidney using a hemofilter constructed from an array of silicon membranes to provide ultrafiltration requires a suitable blood flow path to ensure stable operation in vivo. Two types of flow paths distributing blood to the array of membranes were evaluated: parallel and serpentine. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were used to guide the development of the blood flow paths. Pressure data from animal tests were used to obtain pulsatile flow conditions imposed in the transient simulations. A key consideration for stable operation in vivo is limiting platelet stress accumulation to avoid platelet activation and thrombus formation. Platelet stress exposure was evaluated by CFD particle tracking methods through the devices to provide distributions of platelet stress accumulation. The distributions of stress accumulation over the duration of a platelet lifetime for each device revealed that stress accumulation for the serpentine flow path exceeded levels expected to cause platelet activation while the accumulated stress for the parallel flow path was below expected activation levels.
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- Amanda K W Buck
- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Gao H, Qi N, Feng L, Ma X, Danton M, Berry C, Luo X. Modelling mitral valvular dynamics-current trend and future directions. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2017; 33:e2858. [PMID: 27935265 PMCID: PMC5697636 DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 11/26/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Dysfunction of mitral valve causes morbidity and premature mortality and remains a leading medical problem worldwide. Computational modelling aims to understand the biomechanics of human mitral valve and could lead to the development of new treatment, prevention and diagnosis of mitral valve diseases. Compared with the aortic valve, the mitral valve has been much less studied owing to its highly complex structure and strong interaction with the blood flow and the ventricles. However, the interest in mitral valve modelling is growing, and the sophistication level is increasing with the advanced development of computational technology and imaging tools. This review summarises the state-of-the-art modelling of the mitral valve, including static and dynamics models, models with fluid-structure interaction, and models with the left ventricle interaction. Challenges and future directions are also discussed.
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- Hao Gao
- School of Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of GlasgowUK
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- School of Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of GlasgowUK
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- School of Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of GlasgowUK
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- Department of Cardiac SurgeryRoyal Hospital for ChildrenGlasgowUK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical SciencesUniversity of GlasgowUK
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- School of Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of GlasgowUK
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A numerical study of the hemodynamic effect of the aortic valve on coronary flow. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2017; 17:319-338. [DOI: 10.1007/s10237-017-0962-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Review of numerical methods for simulation of mechanical heart valves and the potential for blood clotting. Med Biol Eng Comput 2017; 55:1519-1548. [DOI: 10.1007/s11517-017-1688-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Taylor JO, Good BC, Paterno AV, Hariharan P, Deutsch S, Malinauskas RA, Manning KB. Analysis of Transitional and Turbulent Flow Through the FDA Benchmark Nozzle Model Using Laser Doppler Velocimetry. Cardiovasc Eng Technol 2016; 7:191-209. [DOI: 10.1007/s13239-016-0270-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Zhou F, Cui YY, Wu LL, Yang J, Liu L, Maitz MF, Brown IG, Huang N. Analysis of Flow Field in Mechanical Aortic Bileaflet Heart Valves Using Finite Volume Method. J Med Biol Eng 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s40846-016-0106-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Jahandardoost M, Fradet G, Mohammadi H. Effect of heart rate on the hemodynamics of bileaflet mechanical heart valves’ prostheses (St. Jude Medical) in the aortic position and in the opening phase: A computational study. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2016; 230:175-90. [DOI: 10.1177/0954411915624451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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To date, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, in almost all of the studies performed around the hemodynamics of bileaflet mechanical heart valves, a heart rate of 70–72 beats/min has been considered. In fact, the heart rate of ~72 beats/min does not represent the entire normal physiological conditions under which the aortic or prosthetic valves function. The heart rates of 120 or 50 beats/min may lead to hemodynamic complications, such as plaque formation and/or thromboembolism in patients. In this study, the hemodynamic performance of the bileaflet mechanical heart valves in a wide range of normal and physiological heart rates, that is, 60–150 beats/min, was studied in the opening phase. The model considered in this study was a St. Jude Medical bileaflet mechanical heart valve with the inner diameter of 27 mm in the aortic position. The hemodynamics of the native valve and the St. Jude Medical valve were studied in a variety of heart rates in the opening phase and the results were carefully compared. The results indicate that peak values of the velocity profile downstream of the valve increase as heart rate increases, as well as the location of the maximum velocity changes with heart rate in the St. Jude Medical valve model. Also, the maximum values of shear stress and wall shear stresses downstream of the valve are proportional to heart rate in both models. Interestingly, the maximum shear stress and wall shear stress values in both models are in the same range when heart rate is <90 beats/min; however, these values significantly increase in the St. Jude Medical valve model when heart rate is >90 beats/min (up to ~40% growth compared to that of the native valve). The findings of this study may be of importance in the hemodynamic performance of bileaflet mechanical heart valves. They may also play an important role in design improvement of conventional prosthetic heart valves and the design of the next generation of prosthetic valves, such as percutaneous valves.
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- Mehdi Jahandardoost
- The Heart Valve Performance Laboratory, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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- The Heart Valve Performance Laboratory, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- The Heart Valve Performance Laboratory, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Jahandardoost M, Fradet G, Mohammadi H. Hemodynamic study of the elliptic St. Jude Medical valve: A computational study. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2016; 230:85-96. [DOI: 10.1177/0954411915621341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Despite successful implantation of St. Jude Medical bileaflet mechanical heart valves, red blood cell lysis and thrombogenic complications associated with these types of valves are yet to be addressed. In our previous study, we proposed an elliptic housing where 10% ovality was applied to the housing of St. Jude Medical valves. Our preliminary results suggested that the overall hemodynamic performance of St. Jude Medical valves improved in both the closing and opening phases. In this study, we evaluated the hemodynamics around the leaflets in the opening phase using a more sophisticated computational platform, computational fluid dynamics. Results suggested both lower shear stress and wall shear stress values and an overall improved hemodynamic performance in the proposed design. This improvement is characterized by lower values of shear stress and wall shear stress in the regions downstream of the leaflets, lower pressure drop across the valve and smaller recirculation zones in the sinuses areas. The proposed design may open a new chapter in the concept of design and hemodynamic improvement of the next generation of mechanical heart valves.
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- Mehdi Jahandardoost
- The Heart Valve Performance Laboratory, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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- The Heart Valve Performance Laboratory, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- The Heart Valve Performance Laboratory, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Kheradvar A, Groves EM, Falahatpisheh A, Mofrad MK, Hamed Alavi S, Tranquillo R, Dasi LP, Simmons CA, Jane Grande-Allen K, Goergen CJ, Baaijens F, Little SH, Canic S, Griffith B. Emerging Trends in Heart Valve Engineering: Part IV. Computational Modeling and Experimental Studies. Ann Biomed Eng 2015. [PMID: 26224522 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-015-1394-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In this final portion of an extensive review of heart valve engineering, we focus on the computational methods and experimental studies related to heart valves. The discussion begins with a thorough review of computational modeling and the governing equations of fluid and structural interaction. We then move onto multiscale and disease specific modeling. Finally, advanced methods related to in vitro testing of the heart valves are reviewed. This section of the review series is intended to illustrate application of computational methods and experimental studies and their interrelation for studying heart valves.
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- Arash Kheradvar
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, University of California, Irvine, 2410 Engineering Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697-2730, USA. .,Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, University of California, Irvine, 2410 Engineering Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697-2730, USA.,Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, University of California, Irvine, 2410 Engineering Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697-2730, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, University of California, Irvine, 2410 Engineering Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697-2730, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Center for Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Su B, Kabinejadian F, Phang HQ, Kumar GP, Cui F, Kim S, Tan RS, Hon JKF, Allen JC, Leo HL, Zhong L. Numerical Modeling of Intraventricular Flow during Diastole after Implantation of BMHV. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126315. [PMID: 25961285 PMCID: PMC4427484 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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This work presents a numerical simulation of intraventricular flow after the implantation of a bileaflet mechanical heart valve at the mitral position. The left ventricle was simplified conceptually as a truncated prolate spheroid and its motion was prescribed based on that of a healthy subject. The rigid leaflet rotation was driven by the transmitral flow and hence the leaflet dynamics were solved using fluid-structure interaction approach. The simulation results showed that the bileaflet mechanical heart valve at the mitral position behaved similarly to that at the aortic position. Sudden area expansion near the aortic root initiated a clockwise anterior vortex, and the continuous injection of flow through the orifice resulted in further growth of the anterior vortex during diastole, which dominated the intraventricular flow. This flow feature is beneficial to preserving the flow momentum and redirecting the blood flow towards the aortic valve. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to numerically model intraventricular flow with the mechanical heart valve incorporated at the mitral position using a fluid-structure interaction approach. This study facilitates future patient-specific studies.
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- Boyang Su
- National Heart Research Institute of Singapore, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, ASTAR, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Heart Research Institute of Singapore, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Heart Research Institute of Singapore, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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Jahandardoost M, Fradet G, Mohammadi H. A novel computational model for the hemodynamics of bileaflet mechanical valves in the opening phase. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2015; 229:232-44. [DOI: 10.1177/0954411915576944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A powerful alternative means to study the hemodynamics of bileaflet mechanical heart valves is the computational fluid dynamics method. It is well recognized that computational fluid dynamics allows reliable physiological blood flow simulation and measurements of flow parameters. To date, in almost all of the modeling studies on the hemodynamics of bileaflet mechanical heart valves, a velocity (mass flow)-based boundary condition and an axisymmetric geometry for the aortic root have been assigned, which, to some extent, are erroneous. Also, there have been contradictory reports of the profile of velocity in downstream of leaflets, that is, in some studies, it is suggested that the maximum blood velocity occurs in the lateral orifice, and in some other studies, it is postulated that the maximum velocities in the main and lateral orifices are identical. The reported values for the peak velocities range from 1 to 3 m/s, which highly depend on the model assumptions. The objective of this study is to demonstrate the importance of the exact anatomical model of the aortic root and the realistic boundary conditions in the hemodynamics of the bileaflet mechanical heart valves. The model considered in this study is based on the St Jude Medical valve in a novel modeling platform. Through a more realistic geometrical model for the aortic root and the St Jude Medical valve, we have developed a new set of boundary conditions in order to be used for the assessment of the hemodynamics of aortic bileaflet mechanical heart valves. The results of this study are significant for the design improvement of conventional bileaflet mechanical heart valves and for the design of the next generation of prosthetic valves.
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- Mehdi Jahandardoost
- The Heart Valve Performance Laboratory, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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- The Heart Valve Performance Laboratory, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- The Heart Valve Performance Laboratory, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Arjunon S, Ardana PH, Saikrishnan N, Madhani S, Foster B, Glezer A, Yoganathan AP. Design of a pulsatile flow facility to evaluate thrombogenic potential of implantable cardiac devices. J Biomech Eng 2015; 137:045001. [PMID: 25587891 DOI: 10.1115/1.4029579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Due to expensive nature of clinical trials, implantable cardiac devices should first be extensively characterized in vitro. Prosthetic heart valves (PHVs), an important class of these devices, have been shown to be associated with thromboembolic complications. Although various in vitro systems have been designed to quantify blood-cell damage and platelet activation caused by nonphysiological hemodynamic shear stresses in these PHVs, very few systems attempt to characterize both blood damage and fluid dynamics aspects of PHVs in the same test system. Various numerical modeling methodologies are also evolving to simulate the structural mechanics, fluid mechanics, and blood damage aspects of these devices. This article presents a completely hemocompatible small-volume test-platform that can be used for thrombogenicity studies and experimental fluid mechanics characterization. Using a programmable piston pump to drive freshly drawn human blood inside a cylindrical column, the presented system can simulate various physiological and pathophysiological conditions in testing PHVs. The system includes a modular device-mounting chamber, and in this presented case, a 23 mm St. Jude Medical (SJM) Regents® mechanical heart valve (MHV) in aortic position was used as the test device. The system was validated for its capability to quantify blood damage by measuring blood damage induced by the tester itself (using freshly drawn whole human blood). Blood damage levels were ascertained through clinically relevant assays on human blood while fluid dynamics were characterized using time-resolved particle image velocimetry (PIV) using a blood-mimicking fluid. Blood damage induced by the tester itself, assessed through Thrombin-anti-Thrombin (TAT), Prothrombin factor 1.2 (PF1.2), and hemolysis (Drabkins assay), was within clinically accepted levels. The hydrodynamic performance of the tester showed consistent, repeatable physiological pressure and flow conditions. In addition, the system contains proximity sensors to accurately capture leaflet motion during the entire cardiac cycle. The PIV results showed skewing of the leakage jet, caused by the asymmetric closing of the two leaflets. All these results are critical to characterizing the blood damage and fluid dynamics characteristics of the SJM Regents® MHV, proving the utility of this tester as a precise system for assessing the hemodynamics and thrombogenicity for various PHVs.
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Seaman C, Akingba AG, Sucosky P. Steady flow hemodynamic and energy loss measurements in normal and simulated calcified tricuspid and bicuspid aortic valves. J Biomech Eng 2014; 136:1819200. [PMID: 24474392 DOI: 10.1115/1.4026575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2013] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), which forms with two leaflets instead of three as in the normal tricuspid aortic valve (TAV), is associated with a spectrum of secondary valvulopathies and aortopathies potentially triggered by hemodynamic abnormalities. While studies have demonstrated an intrinsic degree of stenosis and the existence of a skewed orifice jet in the BAV, the impact of those abnormalities on BAV hemodynamic performance and energy loss has not been examined. This steady-flow study presents the comparative in vitro assessment of the flow field and energy loss in a TAV and type-I BAV under normal and simulated calcified states. Particle-image velocimetry (PIV) measurements were performed to quantify velocity, vorticity, viscous, and Reynolds shear stress fields in normal and simulated calcified porcine TAV and BAV models at six flow rates spanning the systolic phase. The BAV model was created by suturing the two coronary leaflets of a porcine TAV. Calcification was simulated via deposition of glue beads in the base of the leaflets. Valvular performance was characterized in terms of geometric orifice area (GOA), pressure drop, effective orifice area (EOA), energy loss (EL), and energy loss index (ELI). The BAV generated an elliptical orifice and a jet skewed toward the noncoronary leaflet. In contrast, the TAV featured a circular orifice and a jet aligned along the valve long axis. While the BAV exhibited an intrinsic degree of stenosis (18% increase in maximum jet velocity and 7% decrease in EOA relative to the TAV at the maximum flow rate), it generated only a 3% increase in EL and its average ELI (2.10 cm2/m2) remained above the clinical threshold characterizing severe aortic stenosis. The presence of simulated calcific lesions normalized the alignment of the BAV jet and resulted in the loss of jet axisymmetry in the TAV. It also amplified the degree of stenosis in the TAV and BAV, as indicated by the 342% and 404% increase in EL, 70% and 51% reduction in ELI and 48% and 51% decrease in EOA, respectively, relative to the nontreated valve models at the maximum flow rate. This study indicates the ability of the BAV to function as a TAV despite its intrinsic degree of stenosis and suggests the weak dependence of pressure drop on orifice area in calcified valves.
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Purely phase-encoded MRI of turbulent flow through a dysfunctional bileaflet mechanical heart valve. MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2013; 27:227-35. [PMID: 24061612 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-013-0408-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2013] [Revised: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECT We have used a purely phase-encoded magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique, single-point ramped imaging with T1 enhancement (SPRITE), to investigate the steady, turbulent flow dynamics through a bileaflet mechanical heart valve (BMHV). MATERIALS AND METHODS We have measured in vitro the turbulent diffusivity and velocity downstream of the valve in two configurations (fully opened and partially opened), which mimic normal and dysfunctional operation. Our constant-time implementation of the MRI measurement is unusually robust to fast turbulent flows, and to artefacts caused by the pyrolytic carbon construction of the valve. RESULTS Turbulent diffusivity downstream of the normally functioning valve peaks at 1.05 × 10(-6)m(2)/s, while the turbulent diffusivity is higher downstream of the dysfunctional valve (peaking at 3.15 × 10(-6) m(2)/s) and is accompanied by a high-velocity fluid jet and re-circulating flow. The fluid jet is not along the centreline of the valve, as might be anticipated in conventional Doppler echocardiography measurements. CONCLUSION The nature of motion-sensitized SPRITE makes it unusually capable in turbulent flows and near to boundaries between different magnetic susceptibilities. These qualities have allowed us to compare the three-dimensional flow fields through normal and dysfunctional BMHVs.
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Le TB, Sotiropoulos F. Fluid-structure interaction of an aortic heart valve prosthesis driven by an animated anatomic left ventricle. JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS 2013; 244:41-62. [PMID: 23729841 PMCID: PMC3667163 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2012.08.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We develop a novel large-scale kinematic model for animating the left ventricle (LV) wall and use this model to drive the fluid-structure interaction (FSI) between the ensuing blood flow and a mechanical heart valve prosthesis implanted in the aortic position of an anatomic LV/aorta configuration. The kinematic model is of lumped type and employs a cell-based, FitzHugh-Nagumo framework to simulate the motion of the LV wall in response to an excitation wavefront propagating along the heart wall. The emerging large-scale LV wall motion exhibits complex contractile mechanisms that include contraction (twist) and expansion (untwist). The kinematic model is shown to yield global LV motion parameters that are well within the physiologic range throughout the cardiac cycle. The FSI between the leaflets of the mechanical heart valve and the blood flow driven by the dynamic LV wall motion and mitral inflow is simulated using the curvilinear immersed boundary (CURVIB) method [1, 2] implemented in conjunction with a domain decomposition approach. The computed results show that the simulated flow patterns are in good qualitative agreement with in vivo observations. The simulations also reveal complex kinematics of the valve leaflets, thus, underscoring the need for patient-specific simulations of heart valve prosthesis and other cardiac devices.
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- Trung Bao Le
- Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2 Third Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
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Bhushan S, Walters DK, Burgreen GW. Laminar, Turbulent, and Transitional Simulations in Benchmark Cases with Cardiovascular Device Features. Cardiovasc Eng Technol 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s13239-013-0155-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Arjunon S, Rathan S, Jo H, Yoganathan AP. Aortic valve: mechanical environment and mechanobiology. Ann Biomed Eng 2013; 41:1331-46. [PMID: 23515935 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0785-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Accepted: 03/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The aortic valve (AV) experiences a complex mechanical environment, which includes tension, flexure, pressure, and shear stress forces due to blood flow during each cardiac cycle. This mechanical environment regulates AV tissue structure by constantly renewing and remodeling the phenotype. In vitro, ex vivo and in vivo studies have shown that pathological states such as hypertension and congenital defect like bicuspid AV (BAV) can potentially alter the AV's mechanical environment, triggering a cascade of remodeling, inflammation, and calcification activities in AV tissue. Alteration in mechanical environment is first sensed by the endothelium, which in turn induces changes in the extracellular matrix, and triggers cell differentiation and activation. However, the molecular mechanism of this process is not understood very well. Understanding these mechanisms is critical for advancing the development of effective medical based therapies. Recently, there have been some interesting studies on characterizing the hemodynamics associated with AV, especially in pathologies like BAV, using different experimental and numerical methods. Here, we review the current knowledge of the local AV mechanical environment and its effect on valve biology, focusing on in vitro and ex vivo approaches.
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- Sivakkumar Arjunon
- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Room 2119 U. A. Whitaker Building, 313 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0535, USA
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Evaluation of shear stress accumulation on blood components in normal and dysfunctional bileaflet mechanical heart valves using smoothed particle hydrodynamics. J Biomech 2012; 45:2637-44. [PMID: 22980575 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2011] [Revised: 07/04/2012] [Accepted: 08/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Evaluating shear induced hemodynamic complications is one of the major concerns in design of the mechanical heart valves (MHVs). The monitoring of these events relies on both numerical simulations and experimental measurements. Currently, numerical approaches are mainly based on a combined Eulerian-Lagrangian approach. A more straightforward evaluation can be based on the Lagrangian analysis of the whole blood. As a consequence, Lagrangian meshfree methods are more adapted to such evaluation. In this study, smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), a fully meshfree particle method originated to simulate compressible astrophysical flows, is applied to study the flow through a normal and a dysfunctional bileaflet mechanical heart valves (BMHVs). The SPH results are compared with the reference data. The accumulation of shear stress patterns on blood components illustrates the important role played by non-physiological flow patterns and mainly vortical structures in this issue. The statistical distribution of particles with respect to shear stress loading history provides important information regarding the relative number of blood components that can be damaged. This can be used as a measure of the response of blood components to the presence of the valve implant or any implantable medical device. This work presents the first attempt to simulate pulsatile flow through BMHVs using SPH method.
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Stewart SFC, Paterson EG, Burgreen GW, Hariharan P, Giarra M, Reddy V, Day SW, Manning KB, Deutsch S, Berman MR, Myers MR, Malinauskas RA. Assessment of CFD Performance in Simulations of an Idealized Medical Device: Results of FDA’s First Computational Interlaboratory Study. Cardiovasc Eng Technol 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s13239-012-0087-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Quaini A, Canic S, Guidoboni G, Glowinski R, Igo SR, Hartley CJ, Zoghbi WA, Little SH. A Three-Dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics Model of Regurgitant Mitral Valve Flow: Validation Against in vitro Standards and 3D Color Doppler Methods. Cardiovasc Eng Technol 2011; 2:77-89. [PMID: 22582092 DOI: 10.1007/s13239-011-0038-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Annalisa Quaini
- Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA; The Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; The Department of Cardiology, The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Hutchison C, Sullivan P, Ethier CR. Measurements of steady flow through a bileaflet mechanical heart valve using stereoscopic PIV. Med Biol Eng Comput 2010; 49:325-35. [DOI: 10.1007/s11517-010-0705-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2010] [Accepted: 10/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Xenos M, Girdhar G, Alemu Y, Jesty J, Slepian M, Einav S, Bluestein D. Device Thrombogenicity Emulator (DTE)--design optimization methodology for cardiovascular devices: a study in two bileaflet MHV designs. J Biomech 2010; 43:2400-9. [PMID: 20483411 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2009] [Revised: 04/15/2010] [Accepted: 04/16/2010] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Patients who receive prosthetic heart valve (PHV) implants require mandatory anticoagulation medication after implantation due to the thrombogenic potential of the valve. Optimization of PHV designs may facilitate reduction of flow-induced thrombogenicity and reduce or eliminate the need for post-implant anticoagulants. We present a methodology entitled Device Thrombogenicty Emulator (DTE) for optimizing the thrombo-resistance performance of PHV by combining numerical and experimental approaches. Two bileaflet mechanical heart valves (MHV) designs, St. Jude Medical (SJM) and ATS, were investigated by studying the effect of distinct flow phases on platelet activation. Transient turbulent and direct numerical simulations (DNS) were conducted, and stress loading histories experienced by the platelets were calculated along flow trajectories. The numerical simulations indicated distinct design dependent differences between the two valves. The stress loading waveforms extracted from the numerical simulations were programmed into a hemodynamic shearing device (HSD), emulating the flow conditions past the valves in distinct 'hot-spot' flow regions that are implicated in MHV thrombogenicity. The resultant platelet activity was measured with a modified prothrombinase assay, and was found to be significantly higher in the SJM valve, mostly during the regurgitation phase. The experimental results were in excellent agreement with the calculated platelet activation potential. This establishes the utility of the DTE methodology for serving as a test bed for evaluating design modifications for achieving better thrombogenic performance for such devices.
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- Michalis Xenos
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, HSC T18-030, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8181, USA
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Smadi O, Hassan I, Pibarot P, Kadem L. Numerical and experimental investigations of pulsatile blood flow pattern through a dysfunctional mechanical heart valve. J Biomech 2010; 43:1565-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2009] [Revised: 01/04/2010] [Accepted: 01/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Bluestein D, Chandran KB, Manning KB. Towards non-thrombogenic performance of blood recirculating devices. Ann Biomed Eng 2010; 38:1236-56. [PMID: 20131098 PMCID: PMC2862578 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-9905-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Accepted: 01/02/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Implantable blood recirculating devices have provided life saving solutions to patients with severe cardiovascular diseases. However, common problems of hemolysis and thromboembolism remain an impediment to these devices. In this article, we present a brief review of the work by several groups in the field that has led to the development of new methodologies that may facilitate achieving the daunting goal of optimizing the thrombogenic performance of blood recirculating devices. The aim is to describe work which pertains to the interaction between flow-induced stresses and the blood constituents, and that supports the hypothesis that thromboembolism in prosthetic blood recirculating devices is initiated and maintained primarily by the non-physiological flow patterns and stresses that activate and enhance the aggregation of blood platelets, increasing the risk of thromboembolism and cardioembolic stroke. Such work includes state-of-the-art numerical and experimental tools used to elucidate flow-induced mechanisms leading to thromboembolism in prosthetic devices. Following the review, the paper describes several efforts conducted by some of the groups active in the field, and points to several directions that should be pursued in the future in order to achieve the goal for blood recirculating prosthetic devices becoming more effective as destination therapy in the future.
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- D Bluestein
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
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Computational simulations are playing an increasingly important role in enhancing our understanding of the normal human physiological function, etiology of diseased states, surgical and interventional planning, and in the design and evaluation of artificial implants. Researchers are taking advantage of computational simulations to speed up the initial design of implantable devices before a prototype is developed and hence able to reduce animal experimentation for the functional evaluation of the devices under development. A review of the reported studies to date relevant to the simulation of the native and prosthetic heart valve dynamics is the subject of the present paper. Potential future directions toward multi-scale simulation studies for our further understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of heart valve dynamics and valvular implants are also discussed.
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Borazjani I, Ge L, Sotiropoulos F. High-resolution fluid-structure interaction simulations of flow through a bi-leaflet mechanical heart valve in an anatomic aorta. Ann Biomed Eng 2010; 38:326-44. [PMID: 19806458 PMCID: PMC3154744 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9807-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2008] [Accepted: 09/21/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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We have performed high-resolution fluid-structure interaction simulations of physiologic pulsatile flow through a bi-leaflet mechanical heart valve (BMHV) in an anatomically realistic aorta. The results are compared with numerical simulations of the flow through an identical BMHV implanted in a straight aorta. The comparisons show that although some of the salient features of the flow remain the same, the aorta geometry can have a major effect on both the flow patterns and the motion of the valve leaflets. For the studied configuration, for instance, the BMHV leaflets in the anatomic aorta open much faster and undergo a greater rebound during closing than the same valve in the straight axisymmetric aorta. Even though the characteristic triple-jet structure does emerge downstream of the leaflets for both cases, for the anatomic case the leaflet jets spread laterally and diffuse much faster than in the straight aorta due to the aortic curvature and complex shape of the anatomic sinus. Consequently the leaflet shear layers in the anatomic case remain laminar and organized for a larger portion of the accelerating phase as compared to the shear layers in the straight aorta, which begin to undergo laminar instabilities well before peak systole is reached. For both cases, however, the flow undergoes a very similar explosive transition to the small-scale, turbulent-like state just prior to reaching peak systole. The local maximum shear stress is used as a metric to characterize the mechanical environment experienced by blood cells. Pockets of high local maximum shear are found to be significantly more widespread in the anatomic aorta than in the straight aorta throughout the cardiac cycle. Pockets of high local maximum shear were located near the leaflets and in the aortic arc region. This work clearly demonstrates the importance of the aortic geometry on the flow phenomena in a BMHV and demonstrates the potential of our computational method to carry out image-based patient-specific simulations for clinically relevant studies of heart valve hemodynamics.
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- Iman Borazjani
- St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Li CP, Lo CW, Lu PC. Estimation of Viscous Dissipative Stresses Induced by a Mechanical Heart Valve Using PIV Data. Ann Biomed Eng 2009; 38:903-16. [DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9867-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2009] [Accepted: 12/02/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Dasi LP, Sucosky P, De Zelicourt D, Sundareswaran K, Jimenez J, Yoganathan AP. Advances in Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics: Bench to Bedside. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009; 1161:1-25. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.04320.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sotiropoulos F, Borazjani I. A review of state-of-the-art numerical methods for simulating flow through mechanical heart valves. Med Biol Eng Comput 2009; 47:245-56. [PMID: 19194734 PMCID: PMC2717171 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-009-0438-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2008] [Accepted: 01/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In nearly half of the heart valve replacement surgeries performed annually, surgeons prefer to implant bileaflet mechanical heart valves (BMHV) because of their durability and long life span. All current BMHV designs, however, are prone to thromboembolic complications and implant recipients need to be on a life-long anticoagulant medication regiment. Non-physiologic flow patterns and turbulence generated by the valve leaflets are believed to be the major culprit for the increased risk of thromboembolism in BMHV implant recipients. In this paper, we review recent advances in developing predictive fluid-structure interaction (FSI) algorithms that can simulate BMHV flows at physiologic conditions and at resolution sufficiently fine to start probing the links between hemodynamics and blood-cell damage. Numerical simulations have provided the first glimpse into the complex hemodynamic environment experienced by blood cells downstream of the valve leaflets and successfully resolved for the first time the experimentally observed explosive transition to a turbulent-like state at the start of the decelerating flow phase. The simulations have also resolved a number of subtle features of experimentally observed valve kinematics, such as the asymmetric opening and closing of the leaflets and the leaflet rebound during closing. The paper also discusses a future research agenda toward developing a powerful patient-specific computational framework for optimizing valve design and implantation in a virtual surgery environment.
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- Fotis Sotiropoulos
- St Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, 2 Third Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA, e-mail: ,
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- St Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, 2 Third Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA, e-mail: ,
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Frakes DH, Pekkan K, Dasi LP, Kitajima HD, de Zelicourt D, Leo HL, Carberry J, Sundareswaran K, Simon H, Yoganathan AP. Modified control grid interpolation for the volumetric reconstruction of fluid flows. EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS 2008; 45:987-997. [PMID: 22997481 PMCID: PMC3445410 DOI: 10.1007/s00348-008-0517-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Complex applications in fluid dynamics research often require more highly resolved velocity data than direct measurements or simulations provide. The advent of stereo PIV and PCMR techniques has advanced the state-of-the-art in flow velocity measurement, but 3D spatial resolution remains limited. Here a new technique is proposed for velocity data interpolation to address this problem. The new method performs with higher quality than competing solutions from the literature in terms of accurately interpolating velocities, maintaining fluid structure and domain boundaries, and preserving coherent structures.
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Sucosky P, Balachandran K, Elhammali A, Jo H, Yoganathan AP. Altered shear stress stimulates upregulation of endothelial VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 in a BMP-4- and TGF-beta1-dependent pathway. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2008; 29:254-60. [PMID: 19023092 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.108.176347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Hemodynamics has been associated with aortic valve (AV) inflammation, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Here we tested the hypothesis that altered shear stress conditions stimulate the expression of cytokines and adhesion molecules in AV leaflets via a bone morphogenic protein (BMP)- and transforming growth fact (TGF)-beta1-dependent pathway. METHODS AND RESULTS The ventricularis or aortic surface of porcine AV leaflets were exposed for 48 hours to unidirectional pulsatile and bidirectional oscillatory shear stresses ex vivo. Immunohistochemistry was performed to detect expressions of the 4 inflammatory markers VCAM-1, ICAM-1, BMP-4, and TGF-beta1. Exposure of the aortic surface to pulsatile shear stress (altered hemodynamics), but not oscillatory shear stress, increased expression of the inflammatory markers. In contrast, neither pulsatile nor oscillatory shear stress affected expression of the inflammatory markers on the ventricularis surface. The shear stress-dependent expression of VCAM-1, ICAM-1, and BMP-4, but not TGF-beta1, was significantly reduced by the BMP inhibitor noggin, whereas the TGF-beta1 inhibitor SB431542 blocked BMP-4 expression on the aortic surface exposed to pulsatile shear stress. CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrate that altered hemodynamics stimulates the expression of AV leaflet endothelial adhesion molecules in a TGF-beta1- and BMP-4-dependent manner, providing some potential directions for future drug-based therapies for AV diseases.
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- Philippe Sucosky
- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5637, USA.
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Bara CL, Verhey JF. Simulation of the fluid dynamics in artificial aortic roots: comparison of two different types of prostheses. J Artif Organs 2008; 11:123-9. [PMID: 18836872 DOI: 10.1007/s10047-008-0416-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2008] [Accepted: 06/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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As a consequence of the growing number of elderly people, the incidence of degenerative aortic diseases continues to increase. Often, artificial aortic roots are needed to replace the native tissue. Some physical characteristics of the artificial aortic root, however, are quite different from native aorta and need to be optimized. The supposed benefit of a prosthesis with artificial sinuses of Valsalva could first be checked by numerical calculations. Two simplified base geometries were used for simulating the flow and pressure distributions, especially in the coronary arteries. One model approximates the ascending aorta as a tube, and the other uses a design with toroidal dilation of the aortic root to approximate the native geometry of the sinuses of Valsalva. The flow and pressure distributions in both models were compared in the ascending aorta as well as in the right and the left coronary arteries. Both the pressure and the velocity distribution in the coronary artery region were not significantly higher in the model with the sinus design compared to the tube model. The sinus design only slightly increased the mean pressures and the velocities in both the ascending aorta and in the coronary arteries. Higher pressure in the coronary arteries should improve the blood circulation and decrease the risk of a surgery-related coronary incident. The sinus design did not show the hoped-for benefits, and therefore it is only a minor factor in optimizing future aortic root prostheses.
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- Christoph L Bara
- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School (OE6210), Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625, Hannover, Germany.
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Smadi O, Fenech M, Hassan I, Kadem L. Flow through a defective mechanical heart valve: a steady flow analysis. Med Eng Phys 2008; 31:295-305. [PMID: 18707915 DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2007] [Revised: 05/27/2008] [Accepted: 07/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Approximately 250,000 valve replacement operations occur annually around the world and more than two thirds of these operations use mechanical heart valves (MHV). These valves are subject to complications such: pannus and/or thrombus formation. Another potential complication is a malfunction in one of the valve leaflets. Although the occurrence of such malfunctions is low, they are life-threatening events that require emergency surgery. It is, therefore, important to develop parameters that will allow an early non-invasive diagnosis of such valve malfunction. In the present study, we performed numerical simulations of the flow through a defective mechanical valve under several flow and malfunction severity conditions. Our results show that the flow upstream and downstream of the defective valve is highly influenced by malfunction severity and this resulted in a misleading improvement in the correlation between simulated Doppler echocardiographic and catheter transvalvular pressure gradients. In this study, we were also able to propose and test two potential non-invasive parameters, using Doppler echocardiography and phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging, for an early detection of mechanical heart valve malfunction. Finally, we showed that valve malfunction has a significant impact on platelet activation and therefore on thrombus formation.
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- O Smadi
- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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