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Effect of Ascending Aortic Curvature on Flow in the Sinus and Neo-sinus Following TAVR: A Patient-Specific Study. Annals of biomedical engineering Kim, J. H., Sadri, V., Chen, H., Bhat, S., Kohli, K., Makkar, R., Babaliaros, V. C., Sharma, R. P., Yoganathan, A. P. 2023

Abstract

Patient-specific aortic geometry and its influence on the flow in the vicinity of Transcatheter Aortic Valve (TAV) has been highlighted in numerous studies using both in silico and in vitro experiments. However, there has not yet been a detailed Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) experiment conducted to quantify the relationship between the geometry, flow downstream of TAV, and the flow in the sinus and the neo-sinus. We tested six different patient-specific aorta models with a 26-mm SAPIEN 3 valve (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) in a left heart simulator with coronary flow. Velocities in all three cusps and circulation downstream of TAV were computed to evaluate the influence of the ascending aorta curvature on the flow field. The in vitro analysis showed that the patient-specific aortic curvature had positive correlation to the circulation in the ascending aorta (p?=?0.036) and circulation had negative correlation to the particle washout time in the cusps (p?=?0.011). These results showed that distinct vortical flow patterns in the ascending aorta as the main jet impinges on the aortic wall causes a recirculation region that facilitates the flow back into the sinus and the neo-sinus, thus reducing the risk of flow stagnation and washout time.

View details for DOI 10.1007/s10439-023-03392-x

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