Aortic Valve (AV) Surgery Decision Support System

The AVQ and AVSim decision support software packages improve patient outcomes by providing enabling analysis on a patient’s condition and likely response to surgery well before the surgery takes place. Using ultrasound data collected as part of routing pre-operative assessments, the patient and the surgeon can go into the operating room better prepared, with a greater likelihood that the most patient-centered intervention will be done.

• Uses existing information collected from ultrasound technology, with potential for 3D+t datasets from imaging modalities such as CT and MRI

• Simple hardware requirements (PC with 4 GB RAM, 1920 x 1080 screen, 1 GB disk)

• Surgeons and patients can make better decisions in advance of surgery as data is acquired as part of routine pre-operative examination

• Provides a comprehensive picture for better decisions with full finite element analysis of the AV during a cardiac cycle, giving access to overall function, including opening and closing characteristics and sealing quality, as well as mechanical stress level, as a predictor of risk of immediate tissue tearing and/or long-term calcification

• Easy to run