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by Wolfgang Anton Goetz SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Jiang Yao SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Michael Brener SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Rishi Puri SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Martin Swaans SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Simon Schopka SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Sigrid Wiesner SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Marcus Creutzenberg SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Horst Sievert SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Horst Sievert is the Director of the CardioVascular Center Frankfurt and of the Department of and of[...] Read more Ghassan S. Kassab SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle ScholarWolfgang Anton Goetz
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Jiang Yao
Michael Brener
Rishi Puri
Martin Swaans
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Simon Schopka
Sigrid Wiesner
Marcus Creutzenberg
Horst Sievert
Ghassan S. Kassab
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Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Dassault Systèmes, Johnston, RI 02919, USA
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Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10027, USA
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Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, 3435 Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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CardioVascular Center, 60389 Frankfurt, Germany
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California Medical Innovations Institute, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Bioengineering 2024, 11(6), 603; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11060603
Submission received: 12 April 2024/Revised: 4 June 2024/Accepted: 10 June 2024/Published: 12 June 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Models in Cardiovascular System)
Abstract
During systole, longitudinal shortening of the left ventricle (LV) displaces the aortic root toward the apex of the heart and stretches the ascending aorta (AA). An in silico study (Living Left Heart Human Model, Dassault Systèmes Simulia Corporation) demonstrated that stiffening of the AA affects myocardial stress and LV strain patterns. With AA stiffening, myofiber stress increased overall in the LV, with particularly high-stress areas at the septum. The most pronounced reduction in strain was noted along the septal longitudinal region. The pressure–volume loops showed that AA stiffening caused a deterioration in LV function, with increased end-systolic volume, reduced systolic LV pressure, decreased stroke volume and effective stroke work, but elevated end-diastolic pressure. An increase in myofiber contractility indicated that stroke volume and effective stroke work could be recovered, with an increase in LV end-systolic pressure and a decrease in end-diastolic pressure. Longitudinal and radial strains remained reduced, but circumferential strains increased over baseline, compensating for lost longitudinal LV function. Myofiber stress increased overall, with the most dramatic increase in the septal region and the LV apex. We demonstrate a direct mechanical pathophysiologic link between stiff AA and reduced longitudinal left ventricular strain which are common in patients with HFpEF.
Keywords: in silico; finite element method; computational simulation; aortic stiffness; atrioventricular plane displacement; ventricular strain; ventricular function; HFpEF
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Goetz, W.A.; Yao, J.; Brener, M.; Puri, R.; Swaans, M.; Schopka, S.; Wiesner, S.; Creutzenberg, M.; Sievert, H.; Kassab, G.S.The Stiffness of the Ascending Aorta Has a Direct Impact on Left Ventricular Function: An In Silico Model. Bioengineering 2024, 11, 603.https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11060603
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Goetz WA, Yao J, Brener M, Puri R, Swaans M, Schopka S, Wiesner S, Creutzenberg M, Sievert H, Kassab GS.The Stiffness of the Ascending Aorta Has a Direct Impact on Left Ventricular Function: An In Silico Model. Bioengineering. 2024; 11(6):603.https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11060603
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Goetz, Wolfgang Anton, Jiang Yao, Michael Brener, Rishi Puri, Martin Swaans, Simon Schopka, Sigrid Wiesner, Marcus Creutzenberg, Horst Sievert, and Ghassan S. Kassab.2024. "The Stiffness of the Ascending Aorta Has a Direct Impact on Left Ventricular Function: An In Silico Model" Bioengineering 11, no. 6: 603.https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11060603
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Goetz, W.A.; Yao, J.; Brener, M.; Puri, R.; Swaans, M.; Schopka, S.; Wiesner, S.; Creutzenberg, M.; Sievert, H.; Kassab, G.S.The Stiffness of the Ascending Aorta Has a Direct Impact on Left Ventricular Function: An In Silico Model. Bioengineering 2024, 11, 603.https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11060603
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Goetz WA, Yao J, Brener M, Puri R, Swaans M, Schopka S, Wiesner S, Creutzenberg M, Sievert H, Kassab GS.The Stiffness of the Ascending Aorta Has a Direct Impact on Left Ventricular Function: An In Silico Model. Bioengineering. 2024; 11(6):603.https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11060603
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Goetz, Wolfgang Anton, Jiang Yao, Michael Brener, Rishi Puri, Martin Swaans, Simon Schopka, Sigrid Wiesner, Marcus Creutzenberg, Horst Sievert, and Ghassan S. Kassab.2024. "The Stiffness of the Ascending Aorta Has a Direct Impact on Left Ventricular Function: An In Silico Model" Bioengineering 11, no. 6: 603.https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11060603
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