Vascular diseases are complex conditions orchestrated by multiple factors, including cellular
components, biochemical stimuli, and mechanical forces. Despite the advancement of …

Patient-specific cardiac modeling combines geometries of the heart derived from medical
images and biophysical simulations to predict various aspects of cardiac function. However …

Introduction: Patient-specific computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models permit analysis of
complex intra-aortic hemodynamics in patients with aortic dissection (AD), where vessel …

Background Cardiac CT (CCT) is well suited for a detailed analysis of heart structures due to
its high spatial resolution, but in contrast to MRI and echocardiography, CCT does not allow …

The analysis of mechanobiology of arterial tissues remains an important topic of research for
cardiovascular pathologies evaluation. In the current state of the art, the gold standard to …

Introduction: Patient-specific computational models are a powerful tool for planning
cardiovascular interventions. However, the in vivo patient-specific mechanical properties of …

Background Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is a balloon-like dilatation that can be life-
threatening if not treated. Fabricating patient-specific AAA models can be beneficial for in …

The venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is a widely adopted
procedure to provide oxygenated blood support in patients who underwent cardiac shock …

Mitral regurgitation is one of the most common valvular heart diseases and is mainly caused
by dilatation of the valvular annulus as a result of remodelling of the left ventricle …

Analysis of the properties of the aorta was carried out by numerous researchers using
several parameters. However, the general laws of change in the dynamic geometry of the …