Mario Di Leonardo

Dr. Mario Di Leonardo

Biocardiolab, Bioengineering unit, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio

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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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20 February 2020 in Applied Sciences
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BFBenigno Marco Fanni
Benigno Marco Fanni
KCKatia Capellini
Katia Capellini
MLMario Di Leonardo
Mario Di Leonardo
ACAlberto Clemente
Alberto Clemente
ECElisa Cerone
Elisa Cerone
Simona CeliSimona Celi
Simona Celi
The left atrial appendage (LAA) is a complex cardiovascular structure which can yield to thrombi formation in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF). The study of LAA fluid dynamics together with morphological features should be investigated in order to evaluate the possible connection of geometrical and hemodynamics indices with the stroke risk. To reach this goal, we conducted a morphological analysis of four different LAA shapes considering their variation during the cardiac cycle and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations in AF conditions were carried out. The analysis of main geometrical LAA parameters showed a huger ostium and a reduced motility for the cauliflower and cactus shapes, as well as a lower velocity values from the CFD analysis. Such findings are in line with literature and highlight the importance of coupling dynamics imaging data with CFD calculations for providing information not available at clinical level.