Fundamental contribution of DEIB Bioengineers to a cardiology surgery
October 15th, 2018
Abstract
The DEIB Bioengineers contributed to the success of a complex interventional cardiology procedure (surgery on the heart made by catheter), unique in the national and European scenarios. The procedure consisted in the trans-catheter implantation of two different devices in the atrium of a patient who, due to congenital defects, had completely anomalous anatomy and function. Thanks to this implantation, the function of the heart and circulatory system, has been restored.
The planning of the operation exploited 3D printing and computational modeling developed by the IRCCS Policlinico San Donato (PSD) in collaboration with the Biomechanics Research Group of the Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione Bioingegneria (DEIB) of Politecnico di Milano, in particular with Alessandro Caimi, a young PhD student in the Biomechanics Research Group.
The activity was developed thanks to the Computational and 3D Simulation Laboratory, which was recently founded by IRCCS Policlinico San Donato with the collaboration of Politecnico di Milano and University of Pavia. The Laboratory staff currently includes four bioengineers, three of whom come from the DEIB (Omar Pappalardo, Filippo Piatti, Francesco Sturla).
The Laboratory is the cornerstone of an intense and extensive joint research activity between DEIB and PSD, which ranges from the support to the planning of percutaneous interventions through modeling tools to the study of the mechanisms underlying cardiac electromechanical dysfunctions that can be the cause of the so-called sudden deaths.
The planning of the operation exploited 3D printing and computational modeling developed by the IRCCS Policlinico San Donato (PSD) in collaboration with the Biomechanics Research Group of the Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione Bioingegneria (DEIB) of Politecnico di Milano, in particular with Alessandro Caimi, a young PhD student in the Biomechanics Research Group.
The activity was developed thanks to the Computational and 3D Simulation Laboratory, which was recently founded by IRCCS Policlinico San Donato with the collaboration of Politecnico di Milano and University of Pavia. The Laboratory staff currently includes four bioengineers, three of whom come from the DEIB (Omar Pappalardo, Filippo Piatti, Francesco Sturla).
The Laboratory is the cornerstone of an intense and extensive joint research activity between DEIB and PSD, which ranges from the support to the planning of percutaneous interventions through modeling tools to the study of the mechanisms underlying cardiac electromechanical dysfunctions that can be the cause of the so-called sudden deaths.
