Raffaele Ponzini

TL;DR: The favorable agreement obtained between in vitro and in silico results of the leaflet displacements confirms the consistency of the numerical method used, and candidates the application of FSI models to become a major tool to optimize the MHV design and eventually provides useful information to surgeons.

TL;DR: It is shown here that this platform, called ZebraBeat, can successfully detect heart rate variations in embryonic zebrafish at various developmental stages, and it can record cardiac rate fluctuations induced by factors such as temperature and genetic- and chemical-induced alterations.

TL;DR: The findings underscore that the overall effect of the assumptions done in order to simulate blood flow within the carotid bifurcation is mainly in the hot-spot modulation of the hemodynamic descriptors of atherosusceptible areas, rather than in their distribution.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that the assumption of Newtonian rheology could be reasonable for bulk flow metrics and influences at different levels the WSS-based indicators, depending on the bifurcation model, even if in this study it is lower than the major source of uncertainty.

TL;DR: The projection scheme confirmed its consistency and plausibility in realistic arterial geometries and allowed to get insight into the relationship between aortic intravascular fluid structures and WSS directionality.