Patient-Specific Computer Simulation to Elucidate the Role of Contact Pressure in the Development of New Conduction Abnormalities After Catheter-Based Implantation of a Self-Expanding Aortic Valve [Structural Heart Disease]

Conclusions—
Patient-specific computer simulations revealed that maximum contact pressure and contact pressure index are both associated with new conduction abnormalities after CoreValve/Evolut R implantation and can predict which patient will have conduction abnormalities.

Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions - January 31, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Rocatello, G., El Faquir, N., De Santis, G., Iannaccone, F., Bosmans, J., De Backer, O., Sondergaard, L., Segers, P., De Beule, M., de Jaegere, P., Mortier, P. Tags: Valvular Heart Disease, Computerized Tomography (CT), Aortic Valve Replacement/Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Structural Heart Disease Source Type: research