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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022

Isolating the Effect of Arch Architecture on Aortic Hemodynamics Late After Coarctation Repair: A Computational Study.

Vahid Goodarzi Ardakani, Harshinee Goordoyal, Maria Victoria Ordonez, Froso Sophocleous, Stephanie Curtis, Radwa Bedair, Massimo Caputo, Alberto Gambaruto, Giovanni Biglino

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Vahid Goodarzi ArdakaniDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Harshinee GoordoyalDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Maria Victoria OrdonezUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston, NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Froso SophocleousUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston, NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Stephanie CurtisUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston, NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Radwa BedairUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston, NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Massimo CaputoUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston, NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Alberto GambarutoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Giovanni BiglinoUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston, NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.
University of Bristol · GBUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation TrustUniversity Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation CH/17/1/32804
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Effective management of aortic coarctation (CoA) affects long-term cardiovascular outcomes. Full appreciation of CoA hemodynamics is important. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between aortic shape and hemodynamic parameters by means of computational simulations, purposely isolating the morphological variable. Methods: Computational simulations were run in three aortic models. MRI-derived aortic geometries were generated using a statistical shape modeling methodology. Starting from Results: Comparing no-CoA and CoA revealed substantial differences in all hemodynamic parameters. However, simulations revealed significant increases in vorticity at the site of CoA repair, higher WSS in the descending aorta and a 12% increase in power loss, in r-CoA compared to no-CoA, despite no clinically significant narrowing (CoA index >0.8) in the r-CoA model. Conclusions: Small alterations in aortic morphology impact on key hemodynamic indices. This may contribute to explaining phenomena such as persistent hypertension in the absence of any clinically significant narrowing. Whilst cardiovascular events in these patients may be related to hypertension, the role of arch geometry may be a contributory factor.

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aortic coarctationaortic hemodynamicscomputational fluid dynamicscomputational modelingpower losswall shear stress

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PMID35811705
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