Wall Stress Distribution in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Associated Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms.

CONCLUSIONS: Wall stresses, both circumferential and longitudinal were greater in the aortic root, sinuses and STJ than ascending aorta on BAV-aTAAs. These results fill a fundamental knowledge gap regarding biomechanical stress distribution in BAV-aTAA patients, which when related to wall strength may provide prognostication of aTAA dissection risk by patient-specific modeling.
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - January 28, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Gomez A, Wang Z, Xuan Y, Wisneski AD, Hope MD, Saloner DA, Guccione JM, Ge L, Tseng EE Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research