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Three-dimensional Lagrangian coherent structures in patients with aortic regurgitation

مؤلف البحث
Wissam Abdallah ; Ahmed Darwish ; Julio Garcia; Lyes Kadem
المشارك في البحث
تاريخ البحث
سنة البحث
2024
مجلة البحث
Physics of Fluids
الناشر
American Institute of Physics
عدد البحث
36
تصنيف البحث
International Journal
مستند البحث
موقع البحث
https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article/36/1/011702/2932431/Three-dimensional-Lagrangian-coherent-structures?searchresult=1
ملخص البحث

Understanding blood transport in cardiovascular flows is important for managing patients with cardiovascular disease. In this study, three-dimensional Lagrangian coherent structures have been extracted for the first time in both healthy patients and patients with aortic regurgitation. To achieve this, a computationally efficient approach based on Lagrangian descriptors was employed with four-dimensional (4D) magnetic resonance imaging velocity fields. In healthy subjects, Lagrangian coherent structures analysis revealed well-defined mitral jet structures during early filling, directing flow toward ejection during systole. For patients with aortic regurgitation, complex flow structures included interactions between the mitral and regurgitant jets, indicating altered blood transport mechanisms. This study highlights the ability of Lagrangian descriptors to extract coherent structures from patient-specific 4D flow MRI data in a computationally efficient way. It also underscores the importance of extracting three-dimensional Lagrangian coherent structures to gain a better understanding of the complex interaction between the mitral inflow and the regurgitant jet.

Research Rank
International Journal