Fluid-structure interaction analysis of a healthy aortic valve and its surrounding haemodynamics
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The opening and closing dynamics of the aortic valve (AV) has a strong influence on haemodynamics in the aortic root, and both play a pivotal role in maintaining normal physiological functions of the valve. The aim of this study was to establish a subject-specific fluid–structure interaction (FSI) workflow capable of simulating the motion of a tricuspid healthy valve and the surrounding haemodynamics under physiologically realistic conditions. A subject-specific aortic root was reconstructed from magnetic resonance (MR) images acquired from a healthy volunteer, whilst the valve leaflets were built using a parametric model fitted to the subject-specific aortic root geometry. The material behaviour of the leaflets was described using the isotropic hyperelastic Ogden model, and subject-specific boundary conditions were derived from 4D-flow MR imaging (4D-MRI). Strongly coupled FSI simulations were performed using a finite volume-based boundary conforming method implemented in FlowVision. Our FSI model was able to simulate the opening and closing of the AV throughout the entire cardiac cycle. Comparisons of simulation results with 4D-MRI showed a good agreement in key haemodynamic parameters, with stroke volume differing by 7.5% and the maximum jet velocity differing by less than 1%. Detailed analysis of wall shear stress (WSS) on the leaflets revealed much higher WSS on the ventricular side than the aortic side and different spatial patterns amongst the three leaflets.
Date Issued
2024-11-01
Date Acceptance
2024-08-17
Citation
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 2024, 40 (11)
ISSN
2040-7939
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Volume
40
Issue
11
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Author(s). International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
License URL
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39209425
Subjects
aortic valve
COREVALVE
DEPLOYMENT
Engineering
Engineering, Biomedical
fluid-structure interaction
haemodynamics
IMPACT
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Mathematics
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Physical Sciences
Science & Technology
SIMULATION
Technology
wall shear stress
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Article Number
e3865
Date Publish Online
2024-11-07