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AUTHOR
Gerlando Pilato
Computational analysis to predict false-lumen perfusion and outcome of type B aortic dissection.
We have attempted to identify potential predictors foracute and late aortic events starting from admission computed tomographic images.
Predicting Outcome of Aortic Dissection with Patent False Lumen by Computational Flow Analysis
Although Type B aortic dissection (AoD) has better in-hospital survival than Type A AoD, the short- and long term outcome for patients remains challenging, with 50–80% deaths at 5-years. Dissection-related complications include rapid aortic expansion, impending rupture, and malperfusion syndromes. We aimed to assess hemodynamic implications of patients with patent false lumen (FL) of dissected aorta. Computational fluid dynamic analyses were performed on patient-specific aortic geometries reconstructed from computed tomography scans of 25 patients with AoDs, who were admitted in our hospital from 2007 to 2013. We used the development of acute complications and chronic aneurysmal evolution a…