期刊
BIOMECHANICS AND MODELING IN MECHANOBIOLOGY
卷 15, 期 4, 页码 857-876出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-015-0729-2
关键词
CFD; Aortic dissection; Multi-scale modelling; Cardiac work load; Intimal tears
资金
- European Research Council under the European Union / ERC [307532]
- Royal College of Surgeons of England [RGI13142461]
- Heart Research UK [RG2629/13/14]
- BHF New Horizons program [NH/11/5/29058]
- United Kingdom Department of Health via the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre award
- St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- King's College London and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- British Heart Foundation [NH/11/5/29058] Funding Source: researchfish
Aortic dissection is a disease whereby an injury in the wall of the aorta leads to the creation of a true lumen and a false lumen separated by an intimal flap which may contain multiple communicating tears between the lumina. It has a high associated morbidity and mortality, but at present, the timing of surgical intervention for stable type B dissections remains an area of debate. Detailed knowledge of haemodynamics may yield greater insight into the long-term outcomes for dissection patients by providing a greater understanding of pressures, wall shear stress and velocities in and around the dissection. In this paper, we aim to gather further insight into the complex haemodynamics in aortic dissection using medical imaging and computational fluid dynamics modelling. Towards this end, several computer models of the aorta of a patient presenting with an acute Stanford type B dissection were created whereby morphometric parameters related to the dissection septum were altered, such as removal of the septum, and the variation of the number of connecting tears between the lumina. Patient-specific flow data acquired using 2D PC-MRI in the ascending aorta were used to set the inflow boundary condition. Coupled zero-dimensional (Windkessel) models representing the distal vasculature were used to define the outlet boundary conditions and tuned to match 2D PC-MRI flow data acquired in the descending aorta. Haemodynamics in the dissected aorta were compared to those in an equivalent 'healthy aorta', created by virtually removing the intimal flap (septum). Local regions of increased velocity, pressure, wall shear stress and alterations in flow distribution were noted, particularly in the narrow true lumen and around the primary entry tear. The computed flow patterns compared favourably with those obtained using 4D PC-MRI. A lumped-parameter heart model was subsequently used to show that in this case there was an estimated 14 % increase in left ventricular stroke work with the onset of dissection. Finally, the effect of secondary connecting tears (i.e. those excluding the primary entry and exit tears) was also studied, revealing significant haemodynamic changes when no secondary tears are included in the model, particularly in the true lumen where increases in flow over and drops in peak pressure of 18 % were observed.
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