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Francesco Migliavacca

Francesco Migliavacca

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
69
Citations
14154
World Ranking
1165
National Ranking
26

Overview

Francesco Migliavacca is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy. Their work spans primarily in the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The research topics covered by Francesco Migliavacca include:

  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Recent papers highlight diverse contributions to cardiovascular medicine and biomedical engineering. Selected publications include:

  • "Design and functional testing of a novel balloon-expandable cardiovascular stent in CoCr alloy produced by selective laser melting" (2020), Journal of Manufacturing Processes
  • "Applicability assessment of a stent-retriever thrombectomy finite-element model" (2020), Interface Focus
  • "Artificial Intelligence, Computational Simulations, and Extended Reality in Cardiovascular Interventions" (2023), JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • "A fully coupled computational fluid dynamics - agent-based model of atherosclerotic plaque development: Multiscale modeling framework and parameter sensitivity analysis" (2020), Computers in Biology and Medicine
  • "The impact of calcification patterns in transcatheter aortic valve performance: a fluid-structure interaction analysis" (2020), Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering

Frequent coauthors throughout their publications include:

  • Giulia Luraghi
  • Jose Félix Rodríguez Matas
  • Claudio Chiastra
  • Gabriele Dubini
  • Sara Bridio

Francesco Migliavacca's work is published mainly in venues such as:

  • Journal of Biomechanics
  • Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
  • Computers in Biology and Medicine
  • Scientific Reports
  • Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Best Publications

  • Biomedical Applications of Shape Memory Alloys

    Lorenza Petrini;Francesco Migliavacca

  • Mechanical behavior of coronary stents investigated through the finite element method.

    Francesco Migliavacca;Lorenza Petrini;Maurizio Colombo;Ferdinando Auricchio

  • Expert recommendations on the assessment of wall shear stress in human coronary arteries: existing methodologies, technical considerations, and clinical applications

    Frank Gijsen;Yuki Katagiri;Peter Barlis;Peter Barlis;Christos Bourantas;Christos Bourantas

  • A predictive study of the mechanical behaviour of coronary stents by computer modelling

    Francesco Migliavacca;Lorenza Petrini;Valeria Montanari;Isabella Quagliana

  • Multiscale modelling in biofluidynamics: application to reconstructive paediatric cardiac surgery.

    Francesco Migliavacca;Rossella Balossino;Giancarlo Pennati;Gabriele Dubini

  • Multiscale modeling of the cardiovascular system: application to the study of pulmonary and coronary perfusions in the univentricular circulation

    Katia Laganà;Rossella Balossino;Francesco Migliavacca;Giancarlo Pennati

  • Variations in right ventricular outflow tract morphology following repair of congenital heart disease: implications for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation.

    Silvia Schievano;Louise Coats;Francesco Migliavacca;Wendy Norman

  • On the effects of different strategies in modelling balloon-expandable stenting by means of finite element method.

    Francesca Gervaso;Claudio Capelli;Lorenza Petrini;Simone Lattanzio

  • Numerical investigation of the intravascular coronary stent flexibility.

    Lorenza Petrini;Francesco Migliavacca;Ferdinando Auricchio;Gabriele Dubini

  • Effects of different stent designs on local hemodynamics in stented arteries.

    Rossella Balossino;Francesca Gervaso;Francesco Migliavacca;Gabriele Dubini

  • Prediction of the micro-fluid dynamic environment imposed to three-dimensional engineered cell systems in bioreactors.

    Federica Boschetti;Manuela Teresa Raimondi;Francesco Migliavacca;Gabriele Angelo Dubini

  • Computational fluid dynamics in the evaluation of hemodynamic performance of cavopulmonary connections after the Norwood procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

    Edward L. Bove;Marc R. de Leval;Francesco Migliavacca;Gualtiero Guadagni

  • Stainless and shape memory alloy coronary stents: a computational study on the interaction with the vascular wall

    Francesco Migliavacca;Lorenza Petrini;Paolo Massarotti;Silvia Schievano

  • Continuum damage model for bioresorbable magnesium alloy devices - Application to coronary stents.

    Dario Gastaldi;V. Sassi;Lorenza Petrini;Maurizio Vedani

  • Computational fluid dynamic simulations of image-based stented coronary bifurcation models.

    Claudio Chiastra;Stefano Morlacchi;Diego Gallo;Umberto Morbiducci

  • Simulation of stent deployment in a realistic human coronary artery

    Frank J H Gijsen;Francesco Migliavacca;Silvia Schievano;Laura Socci

  • Contact stresses and fatigue life in a knee prosthesis: comparison between in vitro measurements and computational simulations

    Tomaso Maria Tobia Villa;Francesco Migliavacca;Dario Gastaldi;M. Colombo

  • Patient-specific simulations of transcatheter aortic valve stent implantation

    Claudio Capelli;Giorgia M. Bosi;E. Cerri;J. Nordmeyer

  • Finite element shape optimization for biodegradable magnesium alloy stents.

    W. Wu;Lorenza Petrini;Dario Gastaldi;Tomaso Maria Tobia Villa

  • Numerical simulation of drug eluting coronary stents: Mechanics, fluid dynamics and drug release

    Paolo Zunino;Carlo D'Angelo;Lorenza Petrini;Christian Vergara

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew M. Taylor
Andrew M. Taylor University College London
Alison L. Marsden
Alison L. Marsden Stanford University
Edward L. Bove
Edward L. Bove University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Maurizio Vedani
Maurizio Vedani Polytechnic University of Milan
Ferdinando Auricchio
Ferdinando Auricchio University of Pavia
Patrick W. Serruys
Patrick W. Serruys University of Galway
Barbara Previtali
Barbara Previtali Polytechnic University of Milan
Umberto Morbiducci
Umberto Morbiducci Polytechnic University of Turin
Luca Formaggia
Luca Formaggia Polytechnic University of Milan

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