Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Trans. AMMM
https://doi.org/10.18416/AMMM.2019.1909S04T02

Medical Aids and Devices

3D-printing of the aortic root for in vitro hydrodynamic assessment of transcatheter aortic valve prostheses

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Sebastian Kaule (Institute for ImplantTechnology and Biomaterials e.V.), Stefan Siewert (Institute for ImplantTechnology and Biomaterials e.V.), Ariane Dierke (Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Rostock University Medical Center), Jonas Keiler (Department of Anatomy, Rostock University Medical Center), Andreas Wree (Department of Anatomy, Rostock University Medical Center), Niels Grabow (Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Rostock University Medical Center), Nicolas Degen (Biotronik AG), Alper Öner (Department of Cardiology, Rostock University Medical Center), Klaus-Peter Schmitz (Institute for ImplantTechnology and Biomaterials e.V., Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Rostock University Medical Center), Michael Stiehm (Institute for ImplantTechnology and Biomaterials e.V.)

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Abstract

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has become the treatment of choice for high-risk patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis. In vitro investigation of the hydrodynamic performance of valve prostheses (TAVP) is necessary to predict the expected clinical performance. Opening and closing of TAVP are influenced by complex vortices inside the aortic root (AR) distal the TAVP. Technical models of the AR must be used to obtain reliable data in an in vitro testing environment. The current study presents the 3D-reconstruction and -printing of a technical model of the AR based on a human AR for the hydrodynamic in vitro testing of TAVP.

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Kaule, S., Siewert, S., Dierke, A., Keiler, J., Wree, A., Grabow, N., … Stiehm, M. (2019). 3D-printing of the aortic root for in vitro hydrodynamic assessment of transcatheter aortic valve prostheses. Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.18416/AMMM.2019.1909S04T02

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