期刊
MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS
卷 29, 期 9, 页码 999-1007出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.10.018
关键词
hemodialysis; computational fluid dynamics; bypass; calcification; CT scan; wall shear stress
Arteriovenous fistula are. specific vessels created by a vascular operation in order to provide sufficient blood access for extracorporeal circulation in hemodialysis. They are subject to numerous pathologies that may be caused by hemodynamic effects. To better understand these effects, a specific patient's arteriovenous fistula was reconstructed from computed tomography angiography. Computational fluid dynamics software made it possible to solve fluid mechanics equations under physiological conditions. An accurate map of unsteady velocity profiles and wall shear stress was drawn up. The computed velocity profiles were successfully confronted with Echo Doppler investigation. Selected regions with or without calcification, the end stage of wall alteration, were examined in terms of the mechanical constraints generated by blood flow. In contrast with other authors, we did not observe any association between calcification and areas of oscillating shear stress. Nevertheless, a statistical analysis of the whole vessel envelop and specific sites of calcification suggested a potential association between calcification and high temporal wall shear stress gradients. (C) 2006 IPEM. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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