Diagnosis, imaging and clinical management of aortic coarctation

EJ Dijkema, T Leiner, HB Grotenhuis - Heart, 2017‏ - heart.bmj.com
Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a well-known congenital heart disease (CHD), which is
often associated with several other cardiac and vascular anomalies, such as bicuspid aortic …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the biomechanical behaviour of the aorta

X Wang, HJ Carpenter, MH Ghayesh… - Journal of the …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Large aortic aneurysm and acute and chronic aortic dissection are pathologies of the aorta
requiring surgery. Recent advances in medical intervention have improved patient …

Shear stress and aortic strain associations with biomarkers of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm

S Pasta, V Agnese, A Gallo, F Cosentino… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Background This study aims to investigate the association of wall shear stress (WSS) and
aortic strain with circulating biomarkers including matrix metalloproteinases (MMP), tissue …

Simulation study of transcatheter heart valve implantation in patients with stenotic bicuspid aortic valve

S Pasta, S Cannata, G Gentile, M Di Giuseppe… - Medical & biological …, 2020‏ - Springer
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) anatomy has routinely been considered an exclusion in the
setting of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) because of the large dimension of …

Fully-coupled FSI computational analyses in the ascending thoracic aorta using patient-specific conditions and anisotropic material properties

E Vignali, E Gasparotti, S Celi, S Avril - Frontiers in Physiology, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Computational hemodynamics has become increasingly important within the context of
precision medicine, providing major insight in cardiovascular pathologies. However, finding …

Patient-specific finite element analysis of ascending aorta aneurysms

C Martin, W Sun, J Elefteriades - American Journal of …, 2015‏ - journals.physiology.org
Catastrophic ascending aorta aneurysm (AsAA) dissection and rupture can be prevented by
elective surgical repair, but identifying individuals at risk remains a challenge. Typically the …

Identification of circumferential regional heterogeneity of ascending thoracic aneurysmal aorta by biaxial mechanical testing

M Di Giuseppe, G Alotta, V Agnese, D Bellavia… - Journal of molecular and …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (ATAA) in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) can
present an asymmetrical aortic dilatation compared with patients with tricuspid aortic valve …

[HTML][HTML] Statistical shape analysis of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm: correlation between shape and biomechanical descriptors

F Cosentino, GM Raffa, G Gentile, V Agnese… - Journal of personalized …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
An ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (ATAA) is a heterogeneous disease showing
different patterns of aortic dilatation and valve morphologies, each with distinct clinical …

Constitutive modeling of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms using microstructural parameters

S Pasta, JA Phillippi, A Tsamis, A D'Amore… - Medical engineering & …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (ATAA) has been associated with diminished
biomechanical strength and disruption in the collagen fiber microarchitecture. Additionally …

On the prospect of serum exosomal miRNA profiling and protein biomarkers for the diagnosis of ascending aortic dilatation in patients with bicuspid and tricuspid …

A Gallo, V Agnese, C Coronnello, GM Raffa… - International journal of …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Background To determine the impact of circulating miRNA and protein activity on the
severity of ascending aortic dilatation in patients with bicuspid (BAV) and tricuspid aortic …