Post-angioplasty remodeling of coronary arteries investigated via a chemo-mechano-biological in silico model

verfasst von
Meike Gierig, Pierfrancesco Gaziano, Peter Wriggers, Michele Marino
Abstract

This work presents the application of a chemo-mechano-biological constitutive model of soft tissues for describing tissue inflammatory response to damage in collagen constituents. The material model is implemented into a nonlinear finite element formulation to follow up a coronary standard balloon angioplasty for one year. Numerical results, compared with available in vivo clinical data, show that the model reproduces the temporal dynamics of vessel remodeling associated with subintimal damage. Such dynamics are bimodular, being characterized by an early tissue resorption and lumen enlargement, followed by late tissue growth and vessel constriction. Applicability of the modeling framework in retrospective studies is demonstrated, and future extension towards prospective applications is discussed.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Kontinuumsmechanik
Externe Organisation(en)
Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Journal of biomechanics
Band
166
Anzahl der Seiten
13
ISSN
0021-9290
Publikationsdatum
03.2024
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Biophysik, Biomedizintechnik, Orthopädie und Sportmedizin, Rehabilitation
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.112058 (Zugang: Offen)