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    Area of Science:

    • Cardiovascular Physiology
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Computational Biology

    Background:

    • Accurate myocardial tissue stiffness assessment is crucial for diagnosing and predicting heart diseases.
    • Left ventricular diastolic stiffness (β), derived from the end-diastolic pressure-volume relationship (EDPVR), is a conventional metric for myocardial stiffness.
    • The reliability of organ-level EDPVR metrics in representing tissue-level stiffness in healthy and diseased hearts is uncertain.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the relationship between organ-level EDPVR-derived stiffness (β) and tissue-level myocardial material properties.
    • To evaluate the accuracy of β as a sole indicator of myocardial stiffness across varying cardiac geometries and material parameters.
    • To explore advanced in-silico modeling for a more precise assessment of myocardial stiffness.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a modeling-based approach using a two-parameter myocardial material model (af, bf).
    • Integrated this model into image-based in-silico biventricular heart models to generate EDPVRs.
    • Analyzed the correlation between generated EDPVRs and varying tissue material parameters (af, bf).

    Main Results:

    • The relationship between β and material parameters (af, bf) was variable and dependent on parameter ranges.
    • β demonstrated low sensitivity and even a negative correlation with the material parameter af across different left ventricular geometries.
    • These findings highlight potential confounding factors in using β for myocardial stiffness assessment.

    Conclusions:

    • EDPVR-derived metrics like β may not reliably represent true tissue-level myocardial stiffness.
    • A critical reassessment of the reliability of conventional metrics is warranted.
    • Image-based in-silico frameworks offer a promising avenue for high-fidelity, potentially non-invasive myocardial stiffness evaluation.