Luca Pasini
Towards a Multiscale Computational Framework for Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: Design and Development of a Lymphocyte Transport Model in Murine Coronary Arteries.
Rel. Claudio Chiastra, Diego Gallo, Elisa Serafini, Giuseppe De Nisco. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Biomedical Engineering, 2025
Abstract
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy (CAV) is a leading cause of chronic graft rejection in heart transplant (HTx) recipients, with an incidence of 50% within 10 years post-HTx and an associated 30% mortality rate. CAV is characterized by progressive intimal thickening and luminal narrowing of the coronary arteries. Its multiscale nature is reflected in the interplay between immunological (e.g., lymphocyte (LYM) and macrophage (MP) infiltration), biomechanical (e.g., disturbed flow patterns like low wall shear stress (WSS)), and geometrical (e.g., irregular arterial wall shape profiles) factors. Current therapies are limited, with re-transplantation being the only definitive solution. Moreover, diagnosis remains challenging and typically possible only at late stages, due to an incomplete understanding of the mechanisms underlying the disease early onset.
While traditional studies on CAV have relied on animal models (mainly murine), these approaches are constrained by ethical concerns and the limited availability of longitudinal time points
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