Figure 5.
FEA simulated deployment of a balloon-expandable THV in a good agreement with the postoperation CT stent geometry (left). CFD hemodynamics analysis enabled PVL detection and quantification at a native commissure point due to incomplete sealing of the device. Reprinted by permission from Springer Nature, Current Cardiology Reports: Yeats, B.B., Yadav, P.K., Dasi, L.P. et al. Treatment of Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis with TAVR: Filling Knowledge Gaps Towards Reducing Complications. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2022; 33–41, © 2022.108
Abbreviations: CFD, computational fluid dynamics; CT, computed tomography; FEA, finite element analysis; PVL, paravalvular leak; THV, transcatheter heart valve.