Henrik A Kjeldsberg, Carlos Albors, Jordi Mill, David Viladés Medel, Oscar Camara, Joakim Sundnes, Kristian Valen-Sendstad
Atrial fibrillation (AF) poses a significant risk of stroke due to thrombus formation, which primarily occurs in the left atrial appendage (LAA). Medical image-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations can provide valuable insight into patient-specific hemodynamics and could potentially enhance personalized assessment of thrombus risk. However, the importance of accurately representing the left atrial (LA) wall dynamics has not been fully resolved. In this study, we compared four modeling scenarios; rigid walls, a generic wall motion based on a reference motion, a semi-generic wall motion based on patient-specific motion, and patient-specific wall motion based on medical images...
April 17, 2024: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering