Impact of Patient-Specific Inflow Velocity Profile on Hemodynamics of the Thoracic Aorta

• Published in: Journal of biomechanical engineering Vol. 140; no. 1
• Main Authors: Youssefi, Pouya, Gomez, Alberto, Arthurs, Christopher, Sharma, Rajan, Jahangiri, Marjan, Alberto Figueroa, C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Aorta, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging; Aorta, Thoracic - physiology; Hemodynamics; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Patient-Specific Modeling

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) provides a noninvasive method to functionally assess aortic hemodynamics. The thoracic aorta has an anatomically complex inlet comprising of the aortic valve and root, which is highly prone to different morphologies and pathologies. We investigated the effect of us...