Noncoaxial Transcatheter Aortic Valve Deployment Creates Cusp-Specific Thrombogenic Microenvironments Through Altered Sinus Hemodynamics
Thangam Natarajan, Jae Hyun Kim, Christian Salgado, Akshita Jha, Cole A. Baker, Stephanie Sellers, Joseph E. Aslan, Monica T. Hinds, Ajit P. Yoganathan, Lakshmi Prasad Dasi
This study shows that noncoaxial transcatheter aortic valve deployment creates cusp-specific thrombogenic microenvironments by altering sinus hemodynamics, leading to localized leaflet thrombus formation.
bioRxiv · Apr 21, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering