Effect of stenosis eccentricity on the functionality of coronary bifurcation lesions-a numerical study

Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
Catherine PagiatakisRosaire Mongrain

Abstract

Interventional cardiologists still rely heavily on angiography for the evaluation of coronary lesion severity, despite its poor correlation with the presence of ischemia. In order to improve the accuracy of the current diagnostic procedures, an understanding of the relative influence of geometric characteristics on the induction of ischemia is required. This idea is especially important for coronary bifurcation lesions (CBLs), whose treatment is complex and is associated with high rates of peri- and post-procedural clinical events. Overall, it is unclear which geometric and morphological parameters of CBLs influence the onset of ischemia. More specifically, the effect of stenosis eccentricity is unknown. Computational fluid dynamic simulations, under a geometric multiscale framework, were executed for seven CBL configurations within the left main coronary artery bifurcation. Both concentric and eccentric stenosis profiles of mild to severe constriction were considered. By using a geometric multiscale framework, the fractional flow reserve, which is the gold-standard clinical diagnostic index, could be calculated and was compared between the eccentric and concentric profiles for each case. The results suggested that for configur...Continue Reading

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