Transmural fibre orientations based on Laplace-Dirichlet-Rule-Based-Methods and their influence on human heart simulations.
J Biomech
; 156: 111643, 2023 07.
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It is well known that the orthotropic tissue structure decisively influences the mechanical and electrical properties of the heart. Numerous approaches to compute the orthotropic tissue structure in computational heart models have been developed in the past decades. In this study, we investigate to what extent different Laplace-Dirichlet-Rule-Based-Methods (LDRBMs) influence the local orthotropic tissue structure and thus the electromechanical behaviour of the subsequent cardiac simulation. In detail, we are utilising three Laplace-Dirichlet-Rule-Based-Methods and compare (i) the local myofibre orientation; (ii) important global characteristics (ejection fraction, peak pressure, apex shortening, myocardial volume reduction, fractional wall thickening); (iii) local characteristics (active fibre stress, fibre strain). We observe that the orthotropic tissue structures for the three LDRBMs show significant differences in the local myofibre orientation. The global characteristics myocardial volume reduction and peak pressure are rather insensitive to a change in local myofibre orientation, while the ejection fraction is moderately influenced by the different LDRBMs. Moreover, the apical shortening and fractional wall thickening exhibit a sensitive behaviour to a change in the local myofibre orientation. The highest sensitivity can be observed for the local characteristics.
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