TY - JOUR
T1 - Patient-specific electromechanical models of the heart for the prediction of pacing acute effects in CRT
T2 - A preliminary clinical validation
AU - Sermesant, M.
AU - Chabiniok, R.
AU - Chinchapatnam, P.
AU - Mansi, T.
AU - Billet, F.
AU - Moireau, P.
AU - Peyrat, J. M.
AU - Wong, K.
AU - Relan, J.
AU - Rhode, K.
AU - Ginks, M.
AU - Lambiase, P.
AU - Delingette, H.
AU - Sorine, M.
AU - Rinaldi, C. A.
AU - Chapelle, D.
AU - Razavi, R.
AU - Ayache, N.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by the European Communitys Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under Grant agreement no. 224495 (euHeart project).
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is an effective treatment for patients with congestive heart failure and a wide QRS complex. However, up to 30% of patients are non-responders to therapy in terms of exercise capacity or left ventricular reverse remodelling. A number of controversies still remain surrounding patient selection, targeted lead implantation and optimisation of this important treatment. The development of biophysical models to predict the response to CRT represents a potential strategy to address these issues. In this article, we present how the personalisation of an electromechanical model of the myocardium can predict the acute haemodynamic changes associated with CRT. In order to introduce such an approach as a clinical application, we needed to design models that can be individualised from images and electrophysiological mapping of the left ventricle. In this paper the personalisation of the anatomy, the electrophysiology, the kinematics and the mechanics are described. The acute effects of pacing on pressure development were predicted with the in silico model for several pacing conditions on two patients, achieving good agreement with invasive haemodynamic measurements: the mean error on dP/dt max is 47.5±35mmHgs -1, less than 5% error. These promising results demonstrate the potential of physiological models personalised from images and electrophysiology signals to improve patient selection and plan CRT.
AB - Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is an effective treatment for patients with congestive heart failure and a wide QRS complex. However, up to 30% of patients are non-responders to therapy in terms of exercise capacity or left ventricular reverse remodelling. A number of controversies still remain surrounding patient selection, targeted lead implantation and optimisation of this important treatment. The development of biophysical models to predict the response to CRT represents a potential strategy to address these issues. In this article, we present how the personalisation of an electromechanical model of the myocardium can predict the acute haemodynamic changes associated with CRT. In order to introduce such an approach as a clinical application, we needed to design models that can be individualised from images and electrophysiological mapping of the left ventricle. In this paper the personalisation of the anatomy, the electrophysiology, the kinematics and the mechanics are described. The acute effects of pacing on pressure development were predicted with the in silico model for several pacing conditions on two patients, achieving good agreement with invasive haemodynamic measurements: the mean error on dP/dt max is 47.5±35mmHgs -1, less than 5% error. These promising results demonstrate the potential of physiological models personalised from images and electrophysiology signals to improve patient selection and plan CRT.
KW - Biophysical models
KW - Cardiac modelling
KW - Medical imaging
KW - Parameter estimation
KW - Resynchronisation therapy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.media.2011.07.003
DO - 10.1016/j.media.2011.07.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 21920797
AN - SCOPUS:82355185738
SN - 1361-8415
VL - 16
SP - 201
EP - 215
JO - Medical Image Analysis
JF - Medical Image Analysis
IS - 1
ER -