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The effects of mitral annular dynamics, and the laceration of the anterior leaflet with transcatheter mitral valve replacements

dc.contributor.advisor Yoganathan, Ajit P.
dc.contributor.author Easley, Thomas F.
dc.contributor.committeeMember Aidun, Cyrus K.
dc.contributor.committeeMember Sun, Wei
dc.contributor.committeeMember Babaliaros, Vasilis
dc.contributor.committeeMember Gorman, Joseph H.
dc.contributor.committeeMember Thourani, Vinod H.
dc.contributor.department Mechanical Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2020-09-08T12:42:05Z
dc.date.available 2020-09-08T12:42:05Z
dc.date.created 2019-08
dc.date.issued 2019-07-24
dc.date.submitted August 2019
dc.date.updated 2020-09-08T12:42:05Z
dc.description.abstract High-risk patients in need of a mitral valve replacement created a demand for percutaneous MV interventions. With no dedicated devices currently on the market, clinicians have resorted to placing transcatheter aortic valves (TAV) into mitral annular calcification (Valve-in-MAC), failing mitral bioprospthetic valves (valve-in-valve), and failing mitral annulaplasty rings (valve-in-ring). Currently, there are no official surgical guidelines, and no quantitative engineering studies have been conducted to better understand performance and risks. Laceration of the anterior mitral leaflet (LAMPOON) is a proposed proactive solution. The first goal of this dissertation includes designing and performing in vitro experiments to evaluate and quantify benefits of LAMPOON on LVOT obstruction and thrombosis. In addition, there is a need to understand the effects of MV annular contraction on its leaflets. To satisfy this need, a secondary goal of this dissertation is to design and validate an MV in vitro model with a dynamically contracting annulus, and then compare leaflet strain between varying contractile states. These goals will provide a more in-depth quantitative assessment of the benefits of laceration of the anterior mitral leaflet with transcatheter mitral valve replacements, better inform procedural guidelines, as well as provide further insight into MV biomechanics and advanced platforms for future MV in vitro studies.
dc.description.degree Ph.D.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/63549
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject Mitral valve
dc.subject Transcatheter
dc.subject Particle image velocimetry
dc.subject In vitro
dc.subject Annulus
dc.subject Leaflet strain
dc.subject Left ventricle
dc.subject LAMPOON
dc.subject Leaflet laceration
dc.title The effects of mitral annular dynamics, and the laceration of the anterior leaflet with transcatheter mitral valve replacements
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Dissertation
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.advisor Yoganathan, Ajit P.
local.contributor.corporatename George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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thesis.degree.level Doctoral
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