Complex blood flow patterns in an idealized left ventricle: A numerical study. 2017

Anna Tagliabue, and Luca Dedè, and Alfio Quarteroni
CMCS-Chair of Modeling and Scientific Computing MATHICSE-Mathematics Institute of Computational Science and Engineering EPFL-École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Station 8, Lausanne CH 1015, Switzerland.

In this paper, we study the blood flow dynamics in a three-dimensional (3D) idealized left ventricle of the human heart whose deformation is driven by muscle contraction and relaxation in coordination with the action of the mitral and aortic valves. We propose a simplified but realistic mathematical treatment of the valves function based on mixed time-varying boundary conditions (BCs) for the Navier-Stokes equations modeling the flow. These switchings in time BCs, from natural to essential and vice versa, model either the open or the closed configurations of the valves. At the numerical level, these BCs are enforced by means of the extended Nitsche's method (Tagliabue et al., Int. J. Numer. Methods Fluids, 2017). Numerical results for the 3D idealized left ventricle obtained by means of Isogeometric Analysis are presented, discussed in terms of both instantaneous and phase-averaged quantities of interest and validated against those available in the literature, both experimental and computational. The complex blood flow patterns are analysed to describe the characteristic fluid properties, to show the transitional nature of the flow, and to highlight its main features inside the left ventricle. The sensitivity of the intraventricular flow patterns to the mitral valve properties is also investigated.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008955 Models, Cardiovascular Theoretical representations that simulate the behavior or activity of the cardiovascular system, processes, or phenomena; includes the use of mathematical equations, computers and other electronic equipment. Cardiovascular Model,Cardiovascular Models,Model, Cardiovascular
D009716 Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted Computer-assisted study of methods for obtaining useful quantitative solutions to problems that have been expressed mathematically. Analysis, Computer-Assisted Numerical,Computer-Assisted Numerical Analysis,Analyses, Computer-Assisted Numerical,Analysis, Computer Assisted Numerical,Computer Assisted Numerical Analysis,Computer-Assisted Numerical Analyses,Numerical Analyses, Computer-Assisted,Numerical Analysis, Computer Assisted
D003326 Coronary Circulation The circulation of blood through the CORONARY VESSELS of the HEART. Circulation, Coronary
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016276 Ventricular Function The hemodynamic and electrophysiological action of the HEART VENTRICLES. Function, Ventricular,Functions, Ventricular,Ventricular Functions

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