[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive and biophysically detailed computational model of the whole human heart electromechanics

M Fedele, R Piersanti, F Regazzoni, M Salvador… - Computer Methods in …, 2023 - Elsevier
While ventricular electromechanics is extensively studied in both physiological and
pathological conditions, four-chamber heart models have only been addressed recently; …

A mathematical model that integrates cardiac electrophysiology, mechanics, and fluid dynamics: Application to the human left heart

M Bucelli, A Zingaro, PC Africa… - … journal for numerical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We propose a mathematical and numerical model for the simulation of the heart function that
couples cardiac electrophysiology, active and passive mechanics and hemodynamics, and …

[HTML][HTML] lifex: A flexible, high performance library for the numerical solution of complex finite element problems

PC Africa - SoftwareX, 2022 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations are ubiquitous in mathematics and computational science. Several
industrial and clinical applications entail modeling complex multiphysics systems that evolve …

lifex-cfd: An open-source computational fluid dynamics solver for cardiovascular applications

PC Africa, I Fumagalli, M Bucelli, A Zingaro… - Computer Physics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is an important tool for the simulation of the
cardiovascular function and dysfunction. Due to the complexity of the anatomy, the …

Impact of atrial fibrillation on left atrium haemodynamics: A computational fluid dynamics study

M Corti, A Zingaro, AM Quarteroni - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
We analyse the haemodynamics of the left atrium, highlighting differences between healthy
individuals and patients affected by atrial fibrillation. The computational study is based on …

An image-based computational fluid dynamics study of mitral regurgitation in presence of prolapse

L Bennati, C Vergara, V Giambruno, I Fumagalli… - Cardiovascular …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose In this work we performed an imaged-based computational study of the systolic
fluid dynamics in presence of mitral valve regurgitation (MVR). In particular, we compared …

[HTML][HTML] An electromechanics-driven fluid dynamics model for the simulation of the whole human heart

A Zingaro, M Bucelli, R Piersanti, F Regazzoni… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
We introduce a multiphysics and geometric multiscale computational model, suitable to
describe the hemodynamics of the whole human heart, driven by a four-chamber …

lifex-fiber: an open tool for myofibers generation in cardiac computational models

PC Africa, R Piersanti, M Fedele, L Dede'… - BMC …, 2023 - Springer
Background Modeling the whole cardiac function involves the solution of several complex
multi-physics and multi-scale models that are highly computationally demanding, which call …

lifex-ep: a robust and efficient software for cardiac electrophysiology simulations

PC Africa, R Piersanti, F Regazzoni, M Bucelli… - BMC …, 2023 - Springer
Background Simulating the cardiac function requires the numerical solution of multi-physics
and multi-scale mathematical models. This underscores the need for streamlined, accurate …

Turbulent blood dynamics in the left heart in the presence of mitral regurgitation: a computational study based on multi-series cine-MRI

L Bennati, V Giambruno, F Renzi, V Di Nicola… - … and Modeling in …, 2023 - Springer
In this work, we performed a computational image-based study of blood dynamics in the
whole left heart, both in a healthy subject and in a patient with mitral valve regurgitation. We …