Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 34, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2987
Keywords
aneurysm; near-wall disturbed flow; parametric hexahedral mesh; Oscillatory shear index; patient specific; pulsatility index; stenosis; relative residence time
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- NIH NINDS [1R21NS099896-01A1]
- NSF [CBET-1301198, CBET-1706921]
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\ Detailed hemodynamic analysis of blood flow in pathological segments close to aneurysm and stenosis has provided physicians with invaluable information about the local flow patterns leading to vascular disease. However, these diseases have both local and global effects on the circulation of the blood within the cerebral tree. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of extending subject-specific hemodynamic simulations to the entire cerebral arterial tree with hundreds of bifurcations and vessels, as well as evaluate hemodynamic risk factors and waveform shape characteristics throughout the cerebral arterial trees. Angioarchitecture and in vivo blood flow measurement were acquired from healthy subjects and in cases with symptomatic intracranial aneurysm and stenosis. A global map of cerebral arterial blood flow distribution revealed regions of low to high hemodynamic risk that may significantly contribute to the development of intracranial aneurysms or atherosclerosis. Comparison of pre-intervention and post-intervention of pathological cases further shows large angular phase shift (similar to 33.8 degrees), and an augmentation of the peak-diastolic velocity. Hemodynamic indexes of waveform analysis revealed on average a 16.35% reduction in the pulsatility index after treatment from lesion site to downstream distal vessels. The lesion regions not only affect blood flow streamlines of the proximal sites but also generate pulse wave shift and disturbed flow in downstream vessels. This network effect necessitates the use of large-scale simulation to visualize both local and global effects of pathological lesions.
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