christian vergara

Books :

  1. Quartaroni A., Dede' L., Manzoni A., Vergara C., Mathematical Modelling of the Human Cardiovascular System - Data, Numerical Approximation, Clinical Applications, Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Cambridge University Press, 2019. pdf
  2. Miglio E., Parolini N., Scotti A., Vergara C., Matematica e Design, La Matematica per il 3+2, Springer-Verlag Mailand, 2019. pdf
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Papers on Peer-reviewed Journals:

  1. Veneziani A., Vergara C., Flow rate defective Boundary Conditions in Haemodynamics Simulations, Int. Journ. Num. Meth. Fluids, 47, pp. 803--816, 2005. pdf
  2. Ponzini R., Vergara C., Redaelli A., Veneziani A., Reliable CFD-based estimation of flow rate in haemodynamics measures, Ultrasound in Med. and Biol., 32 (10), pp. 1545--1555, 2006. pdf
  3. Veneziani A., Vergara C., An approximate method for solving incompressible Navier-Stokes problem with flow rate conditions, Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 196 (9-12), pp. 1685-1700, 2007, pdf
  4. Nobile F., Vergara C., An effective fluid-structure interaction formulation for vascular dynamics by generalized Robin conditions, SIAM J. Sc. Comp., 30(2), pp. 731-763, 2008 pdf
  5. Vergara C., Zunino P., Multiscale modeling and simulation of drug release from cardiovascular stents, SIAM Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, 7(2), pp. 565-588, 2008. pdf
  6. Badia S., Nobile F., Vergara C., Fluid-structure partitioned procedures based on Robin transmission conditions, J. Comp. Phys., 227, pp. 7027-7051, 2008. pdf
  7. Formaggia L., Veneziani A., Vergara C., A new approach to numerical solution of defective boundary value problems in incompressible fluid dynamics, SIAM J. Num. Anal., 46(6), pp. 2769-2794, 2008. pdf
  8. Zunino P., D'Angelo C., Petrini L., Vergara C., Capelli C., Migliavacca F. Numerical simulation of drug eluting coronary stents: mechanics, fluid dynamics and drug release . Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 198(45-46), pp. 3633-3644, 2009. pdf
  9. Badia S., Nobile F., Vergara C., Robin-Robin preconditioned Krylov methods for fluid-structure interaction problems . Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 198 (33-36), pp. 2768-2784, 2009. pdf
  10. Vergara C., Ponzini R., Veneziani A., Redaelli A., Neglia D., Parodi O., Womersley number-based estimation of flow rate with Doppler Ultrasound: Sensitivity analysis and first clinical application . Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 98(2), pp. 151-160, 2010. pdf
  11. Formaggia L., Veneziani A., Vergara C., Flow rate boundary problems for an incompressible fluid in deformable domains: formulations and solution methods . Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 199 (9-12), pp. 677-688, 2010. pdf
  12. Ponzini R., Vergara C., Rizzo G., Veneziani A., Roghi A., Vanzulli A., Parodi O., Redaelli A., Womersley number-based estimates of blood flow rate in Doppler analysis: In vivo validation by means of Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging. IEEE Transaction on Biomedical Engineering, 57 (7), pp. 1807-1815, 2010. pdf
  13. Viscardi F., Vergara C., Antiga L., Merelli S., Veneziani A., Puppini G., Faggian G., Mazzucco A., Luciani G.B., Comparative finite-element model analysis of ascending aortic flow in bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve. Artificial Organs., 34(12), pp. 1114-1120, 2010. pdf
  14. Gerardo-Giorda L., Nobile F., Vergara C., Analysis and optimization of Robin-Robin partitioned procedures in fluid-structure interaction problems. SIAM J. Num. Anal. , 48(6), pp. 2091-2116, 2010. pdf
  15. Vergara C., Modular algorithms for the numerical solution of the flow rate boundary value problem, Communications in Applied and Industrial Mathematics, 1(1), pp. 237-257, 2010. pdf
  16. Vergara C., Nitsche's method for defective boundary value problems in incompressibile fluid-dynamics. Journal of Scientific Computing , 46, pp. 100-123, 2011. pdf
  17. Perego M., Veneziani A., Vergara C., A variational approach for estimating the compliance of the cardiovascular tissue: An Inverse fluid-structure interaction problem. SIAM J. Sc. Comp , 33(3), pp. 1181-1211, 2011. pdf
  18. Dubini G. et al., Trends in biomedical engineering: focus on Patient Specific Modeling and Life Support Systems. J. Appl. Biomater. Biomech., 9(2), pp. 109 - 117, 2011. pdf
  19. Vergara C., Viscardi F., Antiga L., Luciani G.B., Influence of bicuspid valve geometry on ascending aortic fluid-dynamics: a parametric study. Artificial Organs , 36(4), pp 368-378, 2012. pdf
  20. Porpora A., Zunino P., Vergara C., Piccinelli M., Numerical treatment of boundary conditions to replace lateral branches in haemodynamics. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Biomed. Eng., 28(12), pp. 1165-1183, 2012. pdf
  21. Formaggia L. and Vergara C. , Prescription of general defective boundary conditions in fluid-dynamics. Milan Journal of Mathematics, 80(2), pp. 333-350, 2012. pdf
  22. Nobile F., Vergara C., Partitioned algorithms for fluid-structure interaction problems in haemodynamics. Milan Journal of Mathematics, 80(2), pp. 443-467, 2012. pdf
  23. Formaggia L., Quarteroni A., Vergara C., On the physical consistency between three-dimensional and one-dimensional models in haemodynamics. Journal of Computational Physics, 244, pp. 97-112, 2013. pdf
  24. Faggiano E., Antiga L., Puppini G., Quarteroni A., Luciani G.B., Vergara C., Helical Flows and Asymmetry of Blood Jet in Dilated Ascending Aorta with Normally Functioning Bicuspid Valve. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 12(4), pp. 801-813, 2013. pdf
  25. Piccinelli M., Vergara C., Antiga L., Forzenigo L., Biondetti P., Domanin M., Impact of hemodynamics on lumen boundary displacements in abdominal aortic aneurysms by means of dynamic computed tomography and computational fluid dynamics. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 12(6), pp. 1263-1276, 2013. pdf
  26. Nobile F., Pozzoli M., Vergara C., Time accurate partitioned algorithms for the solution of fluid-structure interaction problems in haemodynamics. Computer and Fluids, 86, pp. 470-482, 2013. pdf
  27. Gigante G., Pozzoli M., Vergara C., Optimized Schwarz Methods for the diffusion-reaction problem with cylindrical interfaces . SIAM J. Num. Anal. , 51(6), pp. 3402-3420, 2013. pdf
  28. Nobile F., Pozzoli M., Vergara C., Inexact accurate partitioned algorithms for fluid-structure interaction problems with finite elasticity in haemodynamics. Journal of Computational Physics, 273, pp. 598-617, 2014. pdf
  29. Vergara C., Palamara S., Catanzariti D., Pangrazzi C., Nobile F., Centonze M., Faggiano E., Maines M., Quarteroni A., Vergara G., Patient-specific generation of the Purkinje network driven by clinical measurements of a normal propagation. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 52(10), pp. 813--826, 2014. pdf
  30. Palamara S., Vergara C., Catanzariti D., Faggiano E., Centonze M., Pangrazzi C., Nobile F., Maines M., Quarteroni A., Computational generation of the Purkinje network driven by clinical measurements: The case of pathological propagations. Int. J. Num. Meth. Biomed. Eng., 30(12), pp. 1558--1577, 2014. pdf
  31. Gigante G., Vergara C., Analysis and optimization of the generalized Schwarz method for elliptic problems with application to fluid-structure interaction. Numer. Math., 131(2), pp. 369--404, 2015. pdf
  32. Palamara S., Vergara C., Faggiano E., Nobile F., An effective algorithm for the generation of patient-specific Purkinje networks in computational electrocardiology. J. Comp. Phys., 283, pp. 495--517, 2015. pdf
  33. Bonomi D., Vergara C., Faggiano E., Stevanella M., Conti C., Redaelli A., Puppini G., Faggian G., Formaggia L., Luciani G.B., Influence of the aortic valve leaflets on the fluid-dynamics in aorta in presence of a normally functioning bicuspid valve. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 14(6), pp.1349--1361, 2015. pdf
  34. Guerciotti B., Vergara C., Azzimonti L., Forzenigo L., Buora A., Biondetti P., Domanin M., Computational study of the fluid-dynamics in carotids before and after endarterectomy. Journal of Biomechanics, 49(1), pp. 26--38, 2016. pdf
  35. Vergara C., Lange M., Palamara S., Lassila T., Frangi A.F., Quarteroni A., A coupled 3D-1D numerical monodomain solver for cardiac electrical activation in the myocardium with detailed Purkinje network. Journal of Computational Physics, 308, pp. 218--238, 2016. pdf
  36. Quarteroni A., Veneziani A., Vergara C., Geometric multiscale modeling of the cardiovascular system, between theory and practice. Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 302, pp. 193--252, 2016. pdf
  37. Nestola M.G.C., Faggiano E., Vergara C., Lancellotti R.M., Ippolito S., Filippi S., Quarteroni A., Scrofani R., Computational comparison of aortic root stresses in presence of stentless and stented aortic valve bio-prostheses. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 20(2), pp. 171-181, 2017. pdf
  38. Guerciotti B., Vergara C., Ippolito S., Quarteroni A., Antona C., Scrofani R., Computational study of the risk of restenosis in coronary bypasses. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 16(1), pp. 313-332, 2017. pdf
  39. Lange M., Palamara S., Lassila T., Vergara C., Quarteroni A., Frangi A.F., Improved hybrid/GPU algorithm for solving cardiac electrophysiology problems on Purkinje networks.. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Biomed. Eng.. 33(6), e2835, 2017 pdf
  40. Lancellotti R.M.. Vergara C., Valdettaro L., Bose S., Quarteroni A., Large Eddy Simulations for blood fluid-dynamics in real stenotic carotids. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Biomed. Eng., 33(11), e2868, 2017 pdf
  41. Quarteroni A., Manzoni A., Vergara C., The Cardiovascular System: Mathematical Modeling, Numerical Algorithms, Clinical Applications. Acta Numerica, 26, pp. 365-590, 2017 pdf
  42. Scardulla S., Pasta S., D'Acquisto L., Sciacca S., Agnese V., Vergara C., Quarteroni A., Clemenza F., Bellavia D., Pilato M., Shear Stress Alterations in the Celiac Trunk of Patients with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device by In-Silico and In-Vitro Flow Analysis. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 36(8), pp. 906-913, 2017. pdf
  43. Domanin M., Buora A., Scardulla F., Guerciotti B., Forzenigo L., Biondetti P., Vergara C., Computational fluid-dynamic analysis of carotid bifurcations after endarterectomy: closure with patch graft versus direct suture. Annals of Vascular Surgery , 44, pp. 325 335, 2017. pdf
  44. Guerciotti B., Vergara C., Ippolito S., Quarteroni A., Antona C., Scrofani R., A computational fluid-structure interaction analysis of coronary Y-grafts. Medical Engineering & Physics , 47, pp. 117-127, 2017 pdf
  45. Vergara C., Le Van D., Quadrio M., Formaggia L., Domanin M., Large Eddy Simulations of blood dynamics in abdominal aortic aneurysms. Medical Engineering & Physics , 47, pp. 38-46, 2017 pdf
  46. Domanin M., Bissacco D., Le Van D., Vergara C., Computational fluid-dynamic comparison between patch-based and direct suture closure techniques after carotid endarterectomy. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 67(3), pp. 887-897, 2018. pdf
  47. Zonca S., Vergara C., Formaggia L., An unfitted formulation for the interaction of an incompressible fluid with a thick structure via an XFEM/DG approach. SIAM J. Sc. Comp., 40(1), pp. B59-B84, 2018 pdf
  48. Landajuela M., Vergara C., Gerbi A., Dede' L., Formaggia L., Quarteroni A., Numerical approximation of the electromechanical coupling in the left ventricle with inclusion of the Purkinje network. Int. J. Num. Meth. Biomed. Eng., 34, e2984, 2018. pdf
  49. Quarteroni A., Vergara C., Computational models for hemodynamics. Encyclopedia of Continuum Mechanics. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-53605-6_35-1, 2018. pdf
  50. Formaggia L., Vergara C., Zonca S., Unfitted Extended Finite Elements for composite grids. Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 76(4), pp. 893-904, 2018. pdf
  51. Gigante G., Vergara C., Optimized Schwarz methods for the coupling of cylindrical geometries along the axial direction. Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis (M2AN), 52, pp.1597-1615, 2018. pdf
  52. Domanin M., Gallo D., Vergara C., Biondetti P., Forzenigo L.V., Morbiducci U., Prediction of long term restenosis risk after surgery in the carotid bifurcation by hemodynamic and geometric analysis. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 47(4), pp. 1129-1140, 2019. pdf
  53. Antonietti P., Verani M., Vergara C., Zonca S., Numerical solution of fluid-structure interaction problems by means of a high order Discontinuous Galerkin method on polygonal grids. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 159, pp. 1-14, 2019. pdf
  54. Stella S., Vergara C., Giovannacci L., Quarteroni A., Prouse G., Assessing the disturbed flow and the transition to turbulence in the arteriovenous fistula. . Journal of Biomechanical Engineering , 141(10), 101010, 2019. pdf
  55. Gigante G., Sambataro G., Vergara C., Optimized Schwarz methods for spherical interfaces with application to fluid-structure interaction. SIAM J. Sc. Comp., 42(2), A751-A770, 2020. pdf
  56. Prouse G., Stella S., Vergara C., Quarteroni A., Engelberger S., Canevascini R., Giovannacci L., Computational Analysis of Turbulent Hemodynamics in Radiocephalic Arteriovenous Fistulas to Determine the Best Anastomotic Angles. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 68, pp. 451 459, 2020. pdf
  57. Domanin M., Piazzoli G., Trimarchi S., Vergara C., Image-based displacements analysis and com- putational blood dynamics after endovascular aneurysm repair. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 69, pp. 400-412, 2020. pdf
  58. Fumagalli I., Fedele M., Vergara C., Dede' L., Ippolito S., Nicolo' F., Antona C., Scrofani R., Quarteroni A., An Image-based Computational Hemodynamics Study of the Systolic Anterior Motion of the Mitral Valve. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 123, 103922, 2020. pdf
  59. Morbiducci U., Mazzi V., Domanin M., De Nisco G., Vergara C., Steinman D.A., Gallo D. Wall shear stress topological skeleton independently predicts long-term restenosis after carotid bifurcation endarterectomy. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 48, pp. 2936 2949, 2020. pdf
  60. Di Gregorio S., Fedele M., Pontone G., Corno A.F., Zunino P., Vergara C., Quarteroni A., A computational model applied to myocardial perfusion in the human heart: From large coronaries to microvasculature. Journal of Computational Physics, 424, 109836, 2021. pdf
  61. Piersanti R., Africa P.C., Fedele M., Vergara C., Dede' L., Corno A.F., Quarteroni A. Modeling cardiac muscle fibers in ventricular and atrial electrophysiology simulations. Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 373, 113468, 2021. pdf
  62. Stella S., Vergara C., Maines M., Catanzariti D., Africa P., Dematte' C., Centonze M., Nobile F., Del Greco M., Quarteroni A. Integration of activation maps of epicardial veins in computational cardiac electrophysiology . Computers in Biology and Medicine, 127, 104047, 2020. pdf
  63. Zonca S., Antonietti P.F., Vergara C. A Polygonal Discontinuous Galerkin formulation for contact mechanics in fluid-structure interaction problems. Comm. Comp. Phys., 30, pp. 1-33, 2021. pdf
  64. Pozzi S., Domanin M., Forzenigo L., Votta E., Zunino P., Redaelli A., Vergara C., A surrogate model for plaque modeling in carotids based on Robin conditions calibrated by cine MRI data . Int. J. Num. Meth. Biomed. Eng., 37(5), e3447, 2021. pdf
  65. Bennati L., Vergara C., Domanin M., Malloggi C., Bissacco D., Trimarchi S., Silani V., Parati G., Casana R., A computational fluid structure interaction study for carotids with different atherosclerotic plaques. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 143(9), 091002, 2021. pdf
  66. Dede' L., Regazzoni F., Vergara C., Zunino P., Guglielmo M., Scrofani R., Fusini L., Cogliati C., Pontone G., Quarteroni A. Modeling the cardiac response to hemodynamic changes associated with COVID-19: a computational study. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 18(4), pp. 3364-3383, 2021. pdf
  67. Martinolli M., Biasetti J.,Zonca S., Polverelli L., Vergara C., Extended Finite Element Method for Fluid-Structure Interaction in Wave Membrane Blood Pumps. Int. J. Num. Meth. Biomed. Eng., 37(7), e3467, 2021. pdf
  68. Gigante G., Vergara C., On the stability of a loosely-coupled scheme based on a Robin interface condition for fluid-structure interaction. Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 96, pp. 109-119, 2021. pdf
  69. Pozzi S., Redaelli A., Vergara C., Votta E., Zunino P., Mathematical and numerical modeling of atherosclerotic plaque progression based on fluid-structure interaction. Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics, 23, 74, 2021. pdf
  70. Gigante G., Vergara C., On the choice of interface parameters in Robin-Robin loosely coupled schemes for fluid-structure interaction. Fluids, 6(6), pp. 213-231, 2021 pdf
  71. Tuveri M., Milani E., Marchegiani G., Landoni L., Torresani E., Capelli P., Sperandio N., D'onofrio M., Salvia R.. Vergara C., Bassi C., Hemodynamics and remodeling of the portal confluence in patients with cancer of the pancreatic head: a pilot study. Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery , 407, 143-152, 2022. pdf
  72. Martinolli M., Cornat F., Vergara C., Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction Study of a new Wave Membrane Blood Pump. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 13, 373 392, 2022. pdf
  73. Fumagalli I., Vitullo P., Vergara C., Fedele M., Corno A.F., Ippolito S., Scrofani R., Quarteroni A., Image-based computational hemodynamics analysis of systolic obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Frontiers in Physiology - Computational Physiology and Medicine, 12, 787082, 2022. pdf
  74. Di Gregorio* S., Vergara* C., Montino Pelagi G., Baggiano A., Zunino P., Guglielmo M., Fusini L., Muscogiuri G., Rossi A., Rabbat M.G., Quarteroni A., Pontone G., Prediction of myocardial blood flow under stress conditions by means of a computational model. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. , 49:1894 1905, 2022. *These authors equally contributed to the work. pdf
  75. Piersanti R., Regazzoni F., Salvador M., Corno A.F., Dede' L., Vergara C., Quarteroni A., 3D-0D closed-loop model for the simulation of cardiac biventricular electromechanics. Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 391, 114607, 2022. pdf
  76. Barnafi N., Di Gregorio S., Dede' L., Zunino P., Vergara C., Quarteroni, A., A multiscale poromechanics model integrating myocardial perfusion and the epicardial coronary vessels. SIAM J. Appl. Math.. 82(4), 1167--1193, 2022. pdf
  77. Stella S., Regazzoni F., Vergara C., Dede' L., Quarteroni A., A fast cardiac electromechanics model coupling the Eikonal and the nonlinear mechanics equations. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences (M3AS), 32(8), 1531--1556, 2022. pdf
  78. Vergara C., Stella S., Maines M., Africa P.C., Catanzariti D., Dematte' C., Centonze M., Nobile F., Quarteroni A., Del Greco M., Computational electrophysiology of the coronary sinus branches based on electroanatomical mapping for the prediction of the latest activated region. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 60, 2307 2319, 2022. pdf
  79. Bucelli M., Dede' L., Quarteroni A., Vergara C., Partitioned and monolithic algorithms for the numerical solution of cardiac fluid-structure interaction. Comm. Comp. Phys., 32(5), 1217-1256, 2023. pdf
  80. Marcinno' F., Zingaro A., Fumagalli I., Dede' L., Vergara C., A computational study of blood flow dynamics in the pulmonary arteries. Vietnam Journal of Mathematics, 51, 127-149, 2023. pdf
  81. Domanin M., Bennati L., Vergara C., Bissacco D., Malloggi C., Silani V., Parati G., Trimarchi S., Casana R., Fluid structure interaction analysis to stratify the behavior of different atheromatous carotid plaques. The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 64(1), 58-56, 2023. pdf
  82. Bennati L., Vergara C., Giambruno V., Fumagalli I., Corno A.F., Quarteroni A., Puppini G., Luciani G.B., An image-based computational fluid dynamics study of mitral regurgitation in presence of prolapse. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 14, 457-475, 2023. pdf
  83. Fumagalli I., Polidori R., Renzi F., Fusini L., Quarteroni A., Pontone G., Vergara C., Fluid-structure interaction analysis of transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Int. J. Num. Meth. Biomed. Eng., 39(6), e3704, 2023. pdf
  84. Bennati L., Giambruno V., Renzi F., Di Nicola V., Maffeis C., Puppini G., Luciani G.B., Vergara C., Turbulence and blood washout in presence of mitral regurgitation: a computational fluid-dynamics study in the complete left heart. Biomech. Model. Mechanobiol., 22, 1829-1846, 2023. pdf
  85. Quarteroni A., Dede' L., Regazzoni F., Vergara C., A mathematical model of the human heart suitable to address clinical problems. Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 40, 1547-1567, 2023. pdf
  86. Bucelli M., Geraint Gabriel M., Quarteroni A., Gigante G., Vergara C., A stable loosely-coupled scheme for cardiac electro-fluid-structure interaction. Journal of Computational Physics, 490, 112326, 2023. pdf
  87. Zingaro A., Vergara C., Dede' L., Regazzoni F., Quarteroni A., A comprehensive mathematical model for cardiac perfusion. Scientific Reports - Nature, 13, 14220, 2023. pdf
  88. Ruffino L., Santoro A., Sparvieri, S., Regazzoni, F. Adebo D.A., Quarteroni A., Vergara C., Corno A.F., Computational analysis of cardiovascular effects of COVID- 19 infection in children. J Pediatric Adv Research, 2023. pdf
  89. Kara R., Vergara C., Assessing Turbulent Effects in Ascending Aorta in Presence of Bicuspid Aortic Valve. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 27, 2349-2361, 2023. pdf
  90. Lucca A., Fraccarollo L., Fossan F.E., Braten A.T., Pozzi S., Vergara C., Muller L.O., Impact of pressure guidewire on model-based FFR prediction. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 15, 251-263, 2024. pdf
  91. Montino Pelagi G., Baggiano A., Regazzoni F., Fusini L., Ali' M., Pontone G., Valbusa G., Vergara C., Personalized pressure conditions and calibration for a predictive computational model of coronary and myocardial blood flow. Annals Biomed. Eng., 52, 1297-1312, 2024. pdf
  92. Fumagalli I., Pagani S., Vergara C., Dede' L., Adebo D.A., Del Greco M., Frontera A., Luciani G.B., Pontone G., Scrofani R., Quarteroni A., The role of computational methods in cardiovascular medicine: a narrative review. Translational Pediatrics, 13(1), 146-163, 2024. pdf
  93. Marcinno' F., Vergara C., Giovannacci L., Quarteroni A., Prouse G., Computational fluid-structure interaction analysis of the end-to-side radio-cephalic arteriovenous fistula. Comp. Meth. & Progr. Biomed., 249, 108146, 2024. pdf
  94. Tonini A., Vergara C., Regazzoni F., Dede' L., Scrofani R., Cogliati C., Quarteroni A., A mathematical model to assess the effects of COVID-19 on the cardiocirculatory system. Scientific Reports - Nature, 14, 8304, 2024. pdf
  95. Criseo E., Fumagalli I., Quarteroni A., Marianeschi S.M., Vergara C., Computational haemodynamics for pulmonary valve replacement by means of a reduced Fluid-Structure Interaction model. Int. J. Num. Meth. Biomed. Eng., 40(9), e3846, 2024. pdf
  96. Montino Pelagi G., Regazzoni F., Huyghe J.M., Baggiano A., Ali' M., Bertoluzza S., Valbusa G., Pontone G., Vergara C., Modeling cardiac microcirculation for the simulation of coronary flow and 3D myocardial perfusion. Biomech. Model. Mechanobiol., 23, 1863-1888, 2024. pdf
  97. Capuano E., Regazzoni F., Maines M., Fornara S., Locatelli V., Catanzariti D., Stella S., Nobile F., Del Greco M., Vergara C., Personalized Computational Electro-mechanics Simulations to Optimize Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Biomech. Model. Mechanobiol., 23, 1977-2004, 2024. pdf
  98. Bennati L., Puppini G., Giambruno V., Luciani G.B., Vergara C., Image-Based Computational Fluid Dynamics to Compare Two Repair Techniques for Mitral Valve Prolapse. Annals Biomed. Eng., 52, 3295-3311, 2024. pdf
  99. Crugnola L., Vergara C., Fusini L., Fumagalli I., Luraghi G., Redaelli A., Pontone G., Computational hemodynamic indices to identify Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation degeneration. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 259, 108517, 2024. pdf
  100. Renzi F., Vergara C., Fedele M., Giambruno V., Quarteroni A., Puppini G., Luciani G.B., Accurate Reconstruction of Right Heart Shape and Motion from Cine-MRI for Image-Driven Computational Hemodynamics. Int. J. Num. Meth. Biomed. Eng., 41(1), e3891, 2025. pdf .
  101. Tonini A., Regazzoni F., Salvador M., Dede' L., Scrofani R., Fusini L., Cogliati C., Pontone G., Vergara C., Quarteroni A., Two new calibration techniques of lumped-parameter mathematical models for the cardiovascular system. Int. J. Num. Meth. Eng., 126(1), e7648, 2025. pdf
  102. Botta F., Calafa' M., Africa P.C., Vergara C., Antonietti P.F., High-order Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for the Monodomain and Bidomain Models. Mathematics in Engineering, 6(6), 726-741, 2024. pdf
  103. Bennati L., Crispino A., Vergara C. Computational modeling of cardiac hemodynamics including chordae tendineae, papillaries, and valves dynamics. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 186, 109658, 2025. pdf
  104. Duca F., Bissacco D., Crugnola L., Faitini C., Domanin M., Migliavacca F. Trimarchi S., Vergara C., Computational analysis to assess hemodynamic forces in descending thoracic aortic aneurysms. The Jouranl of Physiology, To appear. DOI: 10.1113/JP287278. pdf
  105. Renzi F., Puppini G., Luciani G.B., Vergara C. Image-based computational hemodynamics in the right heart. Biomech. Model. Mechanobiol. To appear. pdf
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Papers submitted to International Journals (now Technical Reports)

  1. Crugnola L., Vergara C. Inexact block LU preconditioners for incompressible fluids with flow rate conditions. arxiv, DOI:arXiv:2411.03929, 2024. pdf
  2. Corda A., Pagani S., Vergara C., Influence of acute myocardial ischemia on arrhythmogenesis: a computational study, medRXiv, DOI:10.1101/2024.11.20.24317476, 2024. pdf
  3. Brunati S., Bucelli M., Piersanti R., Dede' L., Vergara C. Coupled Eikonal problems to model cardiac reentries in Purkinje network and myocardium. arxiv, DOI: arXiv:2412.13837, 2024. pdf
  4. Criseo E., Baggiano A., Montino Pelagi G., Nannini G., Redaelli A., Pontone G., Vergara C., Development of a digital twin for the diagnosis of cardiac perfusion defects, medRXiv, DOI:10.1101/2025.02.04.25321638, 2024. pdf
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Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings, Lectures Notes, Book Chapters

  1. Fernandez M., Moura A., Vergara C., Defective Boundary Conditions Applied to Multiscale Analysis of Blood Flow, ESAIM Proceedings & Surveys, CEMRACS 2004, 14, pp. 89-99, 2005. pdf
  2. Moura A., Vergara C., Flow rate boundary conditions and multiscale modelling of the cardiovascular system in compliant domains, in Modelling in Medicine and Biology VI, (eds. Ursino, Brebbia, Pontrelli, Magosso), pp. 351-359, related to Sixth International Conference on Modelling in Medicine and Biology, Bologna - September 7-9, 2005. pdf
  3. Veneziani A., Vergara C., Flow Rate Boundary Conditions in Fluid-Dynamics, PAMM Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 6, pp. 35-38, 2006 (Proceedings of the GAMM meeting 2006, Berlin) pdf
  4. Ponzini R., Vergara C., Rizzo G., Veneziani A., Redaelli A., Vanzulli A., Parodi O., Computational fluid dynamics-based estimation of blood flow rate in Doppler analsys: in vivo validation by means of phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging, Proceedings of the ASME summer conference, pp. 227-228, 2009. pdf
  5. Arimon A., Balossino R., D'Angelo C., Doorly D., Dubini G., Fernandez M., Gerbeau J.F., Giordana S., Migliavacca F., Pennati G., Peiro' J., Prosi M., Sherwin S., Vergara C., Vidrascu M., Zunino P., Applications and test cases, in "Cardiovascular Mathematics", Formaggia L., Quarteroni A., Veneziani A. eds., Springer, 2009. Link
  6. D'Elia M., Mirabella L.,Passerini T., Perego M., Piccinelli M., Vergara C., Veneziani A., Applications of variational data assimilation in computational hemodynamics, in "Modeling of Physiological Flows", Ambrosi D., Quarteroni A., Rozza G. eds., Springer, 2011. Link
  7. Pozzoli M., Vergara C., Nobile F. Efficient algorithms for the solution of fluid-structure interaction problems in haemodynamic applications, Proceedings of the Conference "Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Equations: Theory and Applications", Santiago de Compostela, pp. 355-364, 2013. pdf
  8. G. Gigante, C. Vergara, Optimized Schwarz method for the fluid-structure interaction with cylindrical interfaces. Domain Decomposition Methods in Science and Engineering XXII - Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering - Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods, 104, pp. 521-529, 2016. pdf
  9. Lange M., Palamara S., Lassila T., Vergara C., Quarteroni A., Frangi A.F., Efficient Numerical Schemes for Computing Cardiac Electrical Activation over Realistic Purkinje Networks: Method and Verification, in "Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart", Proceedings of the 8th International Conference, FIMH 2015, Springer, pp. 430-438, 2015. pdf
  10. Guerciotti B., Vergara C., Computational comparison between Newtonian and non-Newtonian blood rheologies in stenotic vessels. In "Biomedical Technology", Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics 84 (P. Wriggers and T. Lenarz eds.), Springer, pp. 169-183, 2018. pdf
  11. Vergara C., Zonca S., Extended Finite Elements method for fluid-structure interaction with an immersed thick non-linear structure. In "Mathematical and Numerical Modeling of the Cardiovascular System and Applications", SEMA SIMAI Springer Series (D. Boffi, L. Pavarino, G. Rozza, S. Scacchi, C. Vergara eds.), pp. 209-243, 2018. pdf
  12. Formaggia L., Vergara C., Defective boundary conditions for PDEs with applications in haemodynamics. In "Numerical Methods for PDEs", SEMA SIMAI Springer Series (D. Di Pietro, A. Ern, L. Formaggia eds.), 15, pp. 285-312, 2018. pdf
  13. Quarteroni A., Vergara C., Landajuela M., Mathematical and Numerical Description of the Heart Function. In ''Imagine Math 6'' (M. Emmer and M. Abate eds.), Springer, pp. 171-177, 2018. pdf
  14. Pozzi S., Vergara C., Mathematical and numerical models of atherosclerotic plaque progression in carotid arteries. In ''Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications ENUMATH 2019'' - Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, 139, 2021. pdf
  15. Fumagalli I., Vergara C., Novel approaches for the numerical solution of fluid-structure interaction in the aorta. Biomechanics of the Aorta - Modeling for Patient Care, Chapter 16, Edited by: T. Christian Gasser, Stephane Avril and John A. Elefteriades, Academic Press, 2024. pdf
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Editor for Special Issues, Lecture Notes, and Editorials

  1. Veneziani A., Vergara C., Inverse problems in Cardiovascular Mathematics: toward patient-specific data assimilation and optimization, Editorial of the Special Issue "Inverse Problems in Cardiovascular Mathematics", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 29(7), pp. 723-725, 2013. pdf
  2. Mathematical and Numerical Modelling of the Cardiovascular System and Applications, SEMA SIMAI Springer Series. Co-editors: D. Boffi, L. Pavarino, G. Rozza, S. Scacchi, 2018. link
  3. Advances in cardiovascular modeling and simulation, Special issue in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering. Co-editors: Pavarino L., Rozza G., Scacchi S., 2022. link
  4. Pavarino L., Rozza G., Scacchi S., Vergara C., Advances in cardiovascular modeling and simulation, Editorial of the Special Issue "Advances in cardiovascular modeling and simulation", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 38, e3631, 2022. pdf

Peer reviewed Short Comunications and Abstracts

  1. Balossino R., Migliavacca F., Pennati G., Dubini G., Vergara C., Formaggia L., Venenziani A., Multiscale Models of the Cardiovascular System Applied to the Study of the Flow in a Carotid Bifurcation, in Technological innovation and evaluation of medical devices for the cardiovascular system, Rapporti Istisan, 05/46, 2004.
  2. Vergara C., Modellazione numerica di problemi con condizioni al contorno deficitarie in fluidodinamica incomprimibile, Bollettino della Unione Matematica Italiana A, 10(2), pp. 371-374, 2007
  3. Ponzini R., Vergara C., Veneziani A., Redaelli A., Design of new reliable CFD-based estimation of flow rate in haemodynamics measures, Journal of Biomechanics (41), Supplement 1, page S214, 2008. pdf
  4. Ponzini R., Vergara C., Veneziani A., Redaelli A., Design of new reliable CFD-based estimation of flow rate: Early in-vivo results, Computers in Cardiology, pp. 953-955, 2008. pdf
  5. Ponzini R., Rizzo G., Vergara C., Veneziani A., Morbiducci U., Montevecchi F.M., Redaelli A., Computational modeling of local hemodynamics phenomena: Methods, tools and clinical applications , Nuovo Cimento C della Societa' Italiana di Fisica - Colloquia on Physics, 32(2), pp. 77-80, 2009 pdf
  6. Corno A., Vergara C., Subramanian C., Johnson R.A., Passerini T., Veneziani A., Formaggia L., Alphonso N., Quarteroni A., Jarvis J.C., Assisted Fontan procedure: animal and in vitro models and computational fluid dynamics study , Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 10, pp. 679-684, 2010 pdf
  7. Luciani G.B., Antiga L., Puppini G., Viscardi F., Faggian G., Mazzucco A., Vergara C.,Commissure Orientation Influences Aortic Aneurysm Morphology in Normally Functioning Bicuspid Aortic Valves: A Parametric, Computational Fluid Dynamic Study. Circulation. In: Abstracts From Scientific Sessions 2011. Orlando, USA, 13-15.11.2011, vol. 124(21 S). pdf
  8. Renzi F., Bennati L., Fedele M., Giambruno V., Quarteroni A., Puppini G., Luciani G.B., Vergara C., From cine-MRI to computational models of blood flow within the heart. Vascular Pharmacology, 155, 107343, 2024. pdf
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Letters to Editors

  1. Domanin M., Vergara C., Regarding "closure technique after carotid endarterectomy influences local hemodynamics", Journal of Vascular Surgery, 63(5), p. 1409, 2016 pdf
  2. Domanin M., Vergara C., Bissacco D., Trimarchi S.,Computational Fluid Dynamics to Assess Hemodynamic Forces in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, DOI:10.1177/15385744211068609, 2021 pdf

Ph.D. Thesis:

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