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Computational fluid dynamics of blood flow in an idealized left human heart

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3287

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computational fluid dynamics; finite element method; heart modeling; LES modeling; variational multiscale method

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  1. H2020 European Research Council, ERC-2016-ADG, iHEART [740132]

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An idealized computational model of the left human heart was constructed to study blood flow dynamics, aiming to reproduce normal function. The Navier-Stokes equations in the ALE formulation were solved, and the presence of mitral and aortic valves was considered through the resistive method. The study assessed blood flow characteristics through analysis of velocity fields, blood pressure, and other clinically meaningful fluid dynamics indicators.
We construct an idealized computational model of the left human heart for the study of the blood flow dynamics in the left atrium and ventricle. We solve the Navier-Stokes equations in the ALE formulation and we prescribe the left heart wall displacement based on physiological data; moreover, we consider the presence of both the mitral and aortic valves through the resistive method. We simulate the left heart hemodynamics by means of the finite element method and we consider the variational multiscale large eddy simulation (LES) formulation to account for the transitional and nearly turbulent regimes of the blood flow in physiological conditions. The main contribution of this paper is the characterization of the blood flow in an idealized configuration of the left heart aiming at reproducing function in normal conditions. Our assessment is based on the analysis of instantaneous and phase averaged velocity fields, blood pressure, and other clinically meaningful fluid dynamics indicators. Finally, we show that our idealized computational model can be suitably used to study and critically discuss pathological scenarios like that of a regurgitant mitral valve.

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