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Simulations of transcatheter aortic valve implantation: implications for aortic root rupture
- Q. Wang, S. Kodali, C. Primiano, Wei Sun
- Medicine
- Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology
- 2015
Aortic root rupture is one of the most severe complications of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). The mechanism of this adverse event remains mostly unknown. The purpose of this study… Expand
Age-Dependent Ascending Aorta Mechanics Assessed Through Multiphase CT
- C. Martin, Wei Sun, C. Primiano, R. McKay, J. Elefteriades
- Medicine
- Annals of Biomedical Engineering
- 2 July 2013
Quantification of the age- and gender-specific in vivo mechanical characteristics of the ascending aorta (AA) will allow for identification of abnormalities aside from changes brought on by aging… Expand
Finite Element Analysis of Tricuspid Valve Deformation from Multi-slice Computed Tomography Images
- Fanwei Kong, T. Pham, +5 authors Wei Sun
- Computer Science, Medicine
- Annals of Biomedical Engineering
- 16 April 2018
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CT image-based engineering analysis of transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
- Q. Wang, C. Primiano, R. McKay, S. Kodali, Wei Sun
- Medicine
- JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
- 1 May 2014
Despite the increased global experience with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), there remain 3 major adverse events. Aortic rupture ([Fig. 1][1]), coronary artery obstruction ([Fig.… Expand
Finite Element Analysis of Patient-Specific Mitral Valve with Mitral Regurgitation
- T. Pham, Fanwei Kong, +5 authors Wei Sun
- Materials Science, Medicine
- Cardiovascular engineering and technology
- 9 January 2017
Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) is a significant complication of left ventricular dysfunction and strongly associated with a poor prognosis. In this study, we developed a patient-specific… Expand
Finite element analysis of annuloplasty and papillary muscle relocation on a patient-specific mitral regurgitation model
- Fanwei Kong, T. Pham, +4 authors Wei Sun
- Medicine
- PloS one
- 14 June 2018
Objectives Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) is a significant complication of left ventricle (LV) dysfunction associated with poor prognosis and commonly treated by undersized ring annuloplasty.… Expand
1001-26 Local Dissolution of Intracoronary Thrombus with Urokinase Using the Dispatch™ Catheter: Clinical Studies
- J. Mitchel, D. Fram, +5 authors R. McKay
- Medicine
- 1 February 1995
The Dispatch™ Catheter is a new local drug delivery device which allows for the prolonged infusion of therapeutic agents at an angioplasty site while still maintaining distal coronary perfusion. To… Expand
Fully-coupled fluid-structure interaction simulation of the aortic and mitral valves in a realistic 3D left ventricle model
- W. Mao, A. Caballero, R. McKay, C. Primiano, Wei Sun
- Physics, Medicine
- PloS one
- 8 September 2017
In this study, we present a fully-coupled fluid-structure interaction (FSI) framework that combines smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and nonlinear finite element (FE) method to investigate the… Expand
Dimensional Analysis of Aortic Root Geometry During Diastole Using 3D Models Reconstructed from Clinical 64-Slice Computed Tomography Images
Accurate measurement of anatomical characteristics of the aortic root is needed for pre-procedural planning of many valve procedures and development of novel valve intervention devices. Dimensional… Expand
Modeling Left Ventricular Blood Flow Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
- A. Caballero, W. Mao, +5 authors Wei Sun
- Physics, Medicine
- Cardiovascular engineering and technology
- 25 July 2017
This study aims to investigate the capability of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), a fully Lagrangian mesh-free method, to simulate the bulk blood flow dynamics in two realistic left ventricular… Expand