Yue Xuan1, Edgardo Alonso1, Alexander Emmott2, Zhongjie Wang1, Shalni Kumar1, Francois-Pierre Mongeon3, Richard L Leask2, Ismail El-Hamamsy4, Liang Ge1, Elaine E Tseng5. 1. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco Medical Center and San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif. 2. Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 3. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 4. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. 5. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco Medical Center and San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif. Electronic address: Elaine.Tseng@ucsf.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The Ross procedure is an excellent option for children or young adults who need aortic valve replacement because it can restore survival to that of the normal aged-matched population. However, autograft remodeling can lead to aneurysmal formation and reoperation, and the biomechanics of this process is unknown. This study investigated postoperative autograft remodeling after the Ross procedure by examining patient-specific autograft wall stresses. METHODS: Patients who have undergone the Ross procedure who had intraoperative pulmonary root and aortic specimens collected were recruited. Patient-specific models (n = 16) were developed using patient-specific material property and their corresponding geometry from cine magnetic resonance imaging at 1-year follow-up. Autograft ± Dacron for aneurysm repair and ascending aortic geometries were reconstructed to develop patient-specific finite element models, which incorporated material properties and wall thickness experimentally measured from biaxial stretching. A multiplicative approach was used to account for prestress geometry from in vivo magnetic resonance imaging. Pressure loading to systemic pressure (120/80) was performed using LS-DYNA software (LSTC Inc, Livermore, Calif). RESULTS: At systole, first principal stresses were 809 kPa (25%-75% interquartile range, 691-1219 kPa), 567 kPa (485-675 kPa), 637 kPa (555-755 kPa), and 382 kPa (334-413 kPa) at the autograft sinotubular junction, sinuses, annulus, and ascending aorta, respectively. Second principal stresses were 360 kPa (310-426 kPa), 355 kPa (320-394 kPa), 272 kPa (252-319 kPa), and 184 kPa (147-222 kPa) at the autograft sinotubular junction, sinuses, annulus, and ascending aorta, respectively. Mean autograft diameters were 29.9 ± 2.7 mm, 38.3 ± 5.3 mm, and 26.6 ± 4.0 mm at the sinotubular junction, sinuses, and annulus, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Peak first principal stresses were mainly located at the sinotubular junction, particularly when Dacron reinforcement was used. Patient-specific simulations lay the foundation for predicting autograft dilatation in the future after understanding biomechanical behavior during long-term follow-up. Published by Elsevier Inc.
OBJECTIVE: The Ross procedure is an excellent option for children or young adults who need aortic valve replacement because it can restore survival to that of the normal aged-matched population. However, autograft remodeling can lead to aneurysmal formation and reoperation, and the biomechanics of this process is unknown. This study investigated postoperative autograft remodeling after the Ross procedure by examining patient-specific autograft wall stresses. METHODS: Patients who have undergone the Ross procedure who had intraoperative pulmonary root and aortic specimens collected were recruited. Patient-specific models (n = 16) were developed using patient-specific material property and their corresponding geometry from cine magnetic resonance imaging at 1-year follow-up. Autograft ± Dacron for aneurysm repair and ascending aortic geometries were reconstructed to develop patient-specific finite element models, which incorporated material properties and wall thickness experimentally measured from biaxial stretching. A multiplicative approach was used to account for prestress geometry from in vivo magnetic resonance imaging. Pressure loading to systemic pressure (120/80) was performed using LS-DYNA software (LSTC Inc, Livermore, Calif). RESULTS: At systole, first principal stresses were 809 kPa (25%-75% interquartile range, 691-1219 kPa), 567 kPa (485-675 kPa), 637 kPa (555-755 kPa), and 382 kPa (334-413 kPa) at the autograft sinotubular junction, sinuses, annulus, and ascending aorta, respectively. Second principal stresses were 360 kPa (310-426 kPa), 355 kPa (320-394 kPa), 272 kPa (252-319 kPa), and 184 kPa (147-222 kPa) at the autograft sinotubular junction, sinuses, annulus, and ascending aorta, respectively. Mean autograft diameters were 29.9 ± 2.7 mm, 38.3 ± 5.3 mm, and 26.6 ± 4.0 mm at the sinotubular junction, sinuses, and annulus, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Peak first principal stresses were mainly located at the sinotubular junction, particularly when Dacron reinforcement was used. Patient-specific simulations lay the foundation for predicting autograft dilatation in the future after understanding biomechanical behavior during long-term follow-up. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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Keywords:
Ross procedure; computational modeling; dilatation; finite element analysis; pulmonary autograft; remodeling; wall stress
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