Does the AVNeo valve reduce wall stress on the aortic wall? A cardiac magnetic resonance analysis with 4D-flow for the evaluation of aortic valve replacement with the Ozaki technique

Pirola, Sergio
Pirola, Selene
Mastroiacovo, Giorgio
Bonomi, Alice
Manchester, Emily L
Fisichella, Serena M
Maragna, Riccardo
Baggiano, Andrea
Mushtaq, Saima
Muscogiuri, Giuseppe
Guglielmo, Marco
Yun Xu, Xiao
Pontone, Gianluca
Polvani, Gianluca

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy
Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
Department of BioMechanical Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy
Department of Biostatistics, IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
Department of Cardiac imaging, IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy
Department of Cardiac imaging, IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Department of Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, San Luca Hospital, Milan, Italy
Department of Cardiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, Utrecht University, Utrecht University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
Department of Cardiac imaging, IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy
Department of Surgical and Dental Biomedical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy

Sergio Pirola and Selene Pirola authors contributed equally to this work.

Corresponding author. IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy. Tel: +39-3337043598; email: [email protected] (G. Mastroiacovo).

Received March 06, 2023

Received in revised form August 15, 2023

Accepted August 31, 2023

Revised December 09, 2023

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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 64(6), December 2023. | DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad299