Simulation of self expanding transcatheter aortic valve in a realistic aortic root: Implications of deployment geometry on leaflet deformation

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1989-2001

  Gunning, Paul S ^a   Vaughan, Ted J ^a   McNamara, Laoise M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Patient specific; Self expanding; Transcatheter aortic valve

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SPECIFIC; PEAK LOADING; PEAK STRESS; PRE-OPERATIVE PLANNING; SELF EXPANDING; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVES;

LOADING;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; AORTA VALVE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; STENT; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; STENTS;

EID: 84906946538     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-014-1051-3     Document Type: Article

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