Optical Coherence Tomography Based Biomechanical Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Coronary Atherosclerosis ProgressionHarry J. Carpenter 1, Mergen H. Ghayesh 1, Anthony C. Zander 1, Juanita L. Ottaway 2, Giuseppe Di Giovanni 3, Stephen J. Nicholls 4, Peter J. Psaltis 3,5,6
1School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide, 2South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), 3Vascular Research Centre, Lifelong Health Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), 4Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre, 5Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, 6Department of Cardiology, Central Adelaide Local Health Network
There is a need to determine which atherosclerotic lesions will progress in the coronary vasculature to guide intervention before myocardial infarction occurs. This article outlines the biomechanical modeling of arteries from Optical Coherence Tomography using fluid-structure interaction techniques in a commercial finite element solver to help predict this progression.
