Benedict Verhegghe

TL;DR: Finite element analysis is used to evaluate the performance of three self-expanding stent designs in a carotid artery (CA) and suggests that the laser-cut closed-cell design provides a higher lumen gain and the stent configuration and stent oversizing have a limited impact on the vessel straightening.

TL;DR: In subject-specific computational hemodynamics models of the human aorta the imposition of BC settings based on non-invasively measured flow rate waveforms influences indicators of abnormal flow to a large extent and a BCs set-up assuring realistic, subject- specific instantaneous flow rate distribution must be applied when BCs such as flow rates are prescribed.

TL;DR: Hexahedral meshes are superior to tetrahedral/prismatic meshes and should be preferred for the calculation of the Wall Shear Stress (WSS) in patient-specific simulations.

TL;DR: Outcome of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) depends on a combination of patient-, procedure- and operator-related variables, and specific device–host-related interactions may also be involved.

TL;DR: Finite element computer simulations can be used to quantify mechanical parameters, such as neck dilations, radial forces and stresses in the device, that are difficult or impossible to obtain from medical imaging.