Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3711
Keywords
cardiac modeling; computational mechanics; continuum mechanics on manifold; reduced-order modeling
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Biomechanical modeling and simulation have great potential in medicine, but the computational cost of full-order finite element models for complex organs like the heart can be prohibitive. Therefore, reduced models are more practical, allowing for pre-calibration, fast predictions, and real-time applications. In this study, we develop a reduced ventricular model based on cylindrical geometry and kinematics, incorporating myofiber orientation and contraction patterns. Our model has a fully dynamical formulation, integrated into a lumped circulation model, and accounts for various physical parameters.
Biomechanical modeling and simulation is expected to play a significant role in the development of the next generation tools in many fields of medicine. However, full-order finite element models of complex organs such as the heart can be computationally very expensive, thus limiting their practical usability. Therefore, reduced models are much valuable to be used, for example, for pre-calibration of full-order models, fast predictions, real-time applications, and so forth. In this work, focused on the left ventricle, we develop a reduced model by defining reduced geometry & kinematics while keeping general motion and behavior laws, allowing to derive a reduced model where all variables & parameters have a strong physical meaning. More specifically, we propose a reduced ventricular model based on cylindrical geometry & kinematics, which allows to describe the myofiber orientation through the ventricular wall and to represent contraction patterns such as ventricular twist, two important features of ventricular mechanics. Our model is based on the original cylindrical model of Guccione, McCulloch, & Waldman (1991); Guccione, Waldman, & McCulloch (1993), albeit with multiple differences: we propose a fully dynamical formulation, integrated into an open-loop lumped circulation model, and based on a material behavior that incorporates a fine description of contraction mechanisms; moreover, the issue of the cylinder closure has been completely reformulated; our numerical approach is novel aswell, with consistent spatial (finite element) and time discretizations. Finally, we analyze the sensitivity of the model response to various numerical and physical parameters, and study its physiological response.
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