Simulation of transcatheter aortic valve implantation through patient-specific finite element analysis: Two clinical cases

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2547-2555

  Morganti, S ^a   Conti, M ^a   Aiello, M ^b   Valentini, A ^b   Mazzola, A ^b   Reali, A ^a   Auricchio, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Patient specific modeling; Structural finite element; TAVI

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVES; COMPUTER BASED SIMULATION; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING; SIMULATION STRATEGIES; STRUCTURAL FINITE ELEMENTS; TAVI; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVES;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

AGED; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR STENT; CASE REPORT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAVALVULAR LEAKAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; WALL STRESS;

AORTIC VALVE; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING; STRUCTURAL FINITE ELEMENT; TAVI;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84905256872     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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