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    Assessment of Native Aortic Stenosis Hemodynamics and Clinical Evaluation Methods Using Steady State Computational Fluid Dynamics and Computed Tomography-Derived Geometry
    (North Dakota State University, 2012) Traeger, Brad James
    Aortic stenosis is the most common valvular heart disease with a prevalence of 2% among individuals over 65 years and 4% over 80, in developed countries. Accurate valve assessment for intervention timing is critical. Using only routinely obtained clinical data, this research aims to present accurate recreations of in vivo transvalvular hemodynamics using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and validate Gorlin formula and echocardiography (echo)/continuity techniques. The in vivo valve was compared to simplified and idealized geometries. Instantaneous anatomic orifice area (AOAmax) was underestimated by about 40% by Gorlin's formula and (dPmean). Time-averaged orifice area (EOAmean), by an echo/continuity, was about 40% smaller than the AOAmax. The Gorlin formula better assesses AOAmax using (dPmean eff). dPmean eff is required for Gorlin formula approximation of AOAmax and echo/continuity overestimates EOAmean with increasing error for lower flow rates. Correlations between EOA and AOA should only be made as instantaneous or only time-averaged comparisons.