Xueying Huang^1,*, Long Deng², Chun Yang³, Mary Lesperance⁴, Dalin Tang⁵

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.16, Suppl.2, pp. 58-58, 2019, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2019.06969

Abstract Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) occurs in about 1 of every 500 adults in the general population. It has been reported that left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) is observed in 70% patients with HCM. Systolic anterior motion (SAM) of the mitral valve (MV) is the dominant cause of dynamic outflow tract obstruction in most patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). Currently, the hemodynamic mechanisms of SAM remain unclear. In this study, we developed 12 active and corresponding passive models based on 6 patients’ pre- and post-operative ECG-gated cardiac CT images of patients’ LV at the pre-SAM… More >

Long Deng¹, Xueying Huang^2,3,*, Heng Zuo⁴, Yuan Zheng², Chun Yang⁵, Yunhu Song¹, Dalin Tang⁶

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.116, No.2, pp. 115-125, 2018, DOI:10.31614/cmes.2018.04076

Abstract The mechanisms of systolic anterior motion (SAM) of the mitral valve in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) remain unclear. To investigate the angle of attack between blood flow and mitral valve leaflets at pre-SAM time point, patient-specific CT-based computational models were constructed for 5 patients receiving septal myectomy surgery to obtain pre- and post-operative 2D vector flow mapping. The comparisons between pre- and post-operative angles of attack based on 2D vector flow mapping of 5 patients were performed. It was found that there was no statistically significant difference between pre- and post-operative angles of attack (61.1±t More >