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A multiscale modelling approach to understand atherosclerosis formation: A patient-specific case study in the aortic bifurcation

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0954411917697356

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Mathematical modelling; multiscale; atherosclerosis; patient-specific; calcification

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  1. EPSRC [EP/L000296/1]
  2. Leverhulme Trust [RF-446 2015-482]
  3. EPSRC [EP/L000296/1] Funding Source: UKRI
  4. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/L000296/1] Funding Source: researchfish

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Atherogenesis, the formation of plaques in the wall of blood vessels, starts as a result of lipid accumulation (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) in the vessel wall. Such accumulation is related to the site of endothelial mechanotransduction, the endothelial response to mechanical stimuli and haemodynamics, which determines biochemical processes regulating the vessel wall permeability. This interaction between biomechanical and biochemical phenomena is complex, spanning different biological scales and is patient-specific, requiring tools able to capture such mathematical and biological complexity in a unified framework. Mathematical models offer an elegant and efficient way of doing this, by taking into account multifactorial and multiscale processes and mechanisms, in order to capture the fundamentals of plaque formation in individual patients. In this study, a mathematical model to understand plaque and calcification locations is presented: this model provides a strong interpretability and physical meaning through a multiscale, complex index or metric (the penetration site of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, expressed as volumetric flux). Computed tomography scans of the aortic bifurcation and iliac arteries are analysed and compared with the results of the multifactorial model. The results indicate that the model shows potential to predict the majority of the plaque locations, also not predicting regions where plaques are absent. The promising results from this case study provide a proof of concept that can be applied to a larger patient population.

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