The presence of stent in aortic bioprostesis have been shown to increase stresses on the valve leaflets and to reduce dynamic root motion during the cardiac cycle.
The research focused on the comparison of the forces developed in the aortic root after aortic valve replacement with stented or stentless bioprosthesis. To this aim fluid-structure interaction study in real geometries ha
s been performed.
Clinical Partner: Cardio-surgery and Radiology Divisions of Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Publications:
- Nestola M.G.C., Faggiano E., Vergara C., Lancellotti R.M., Ippolito S., Filippi S., Quarteroni A., Scrofani R., Computational comparison of aortic root stresses in presence of stentless and stented aortic valve bio-prostheses. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 20(2), pp. 171-181, 2017
Thesis:
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E. Orso – Analisi computazionale dell’interazione fluido-struttura in aorta ascendente con valvola aortica stentless – MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano – Advisors: P. Antonietti, C. Vergara, E. Faggiano – A.Y. ’12-’13
