Toward patient-specific simulations of cardiac valves: State-of-the-art and future directions

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-228

  Votta, Emiliano ^a   Le, Trung Bao ^b   Stevanella, Marco ^a   Fusini, Laura ^c   Caiani, Enrico G ^a   Redaelli, Alberto ^a   Sotiropoulos, Fotis ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Fluid structure interaction; Heart valve; Medical imaging; Patient specific modelling

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC VALVES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CRITICAL COMPONENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FLUID-STRUCTURES; HEART VALVES; LEFT VENTRICLES; MODEL VALIDATION; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROSTHETICS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION MODEL; HEART CYCLE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSVALVULAR PRESSURE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVES; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 84872654003     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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