Title
Local hemodynamic conditions associated with focal changes in the intracranial aneurysm wall
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Cebral J.R.
Detmer F.
Chung B.J.
Rezai B.
Lehto H.
Tulamo R.
Hernesniemi J.
Niemela M.
Yu A.
Williamson R.
Aziz K.
Sakur S.
Amin-Hanjani S.
Charbel F.
Tobe Y.
Robertson A.
Frösen J.
Helsinki University Central Hospital
Publisher(s)
American Society of Neuroradiology
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Aneurysm hemodynamics has been associated with wall histology and inflammation. We investigated associations between local hemodynamics and focal wall changes visible intraoperatively. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Computational fluid dynamics models were constructed from 3D images of 65 aneurysms treated surgically. Aneurysm regions with different visual appearances were identified in intraoperative videos: 1) “atherosclerotic” (yellow), 2) “hyperplastic” (white), 3) “thin” (red), 4) rupture site, and 5) “normal” (similar to parent artery), They were marked on 3D reconstructions. Regional hemodynamics was characterized by the following: wall shear stress, oscillatory shear index, relative residence time, wall shear stress gradient and divergence, gradient oscillatory number, and dynamic pressure; these were compared using the Mann-Whitney test. RESULTS: Hyperplastic regions had lower average wall shear stress (P .005) and pressure (P .009) than normal regions. Flow conditions in atherosclerotic and hyperplastic regions were similar but had higher average relative residence time (P .03) and oscillatory shear index (P .04) than thin regions. Hyperplastic regions also had a higher average gradient oscillatory number (P .002) than thin regions. Thin regions had lower average relative residence time (P .001), oscillatory shear index (P .006), and gradient oscillatory number (P .001) than normal regions, and higher average wall shear stress (P .006) and pressure (P .009) than hyperplastic regions. Thin regions tended to be aligned with the flow stream, while atherosclerotic and hyperplastic regions tended to be aligned with recirculation zones. CONCLUSIONS: Local hemodynamics is associated with visible focal wall changes. Slow swirling flow with low and oscillatory wall shear stress was associated with atherosclerotic and hyperplastic changes. High flow conditions prevalent in regions near the flow impingement site characterized by higher and less oscillatory wall shear stress were associated with local “thinning” of the wall.
Start page
510
End page
516
Volume
40
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Neurología clínica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85062996173
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Neuroradiology
ISSN of the container
01956108
Sponsor(s)
Funding text This work was supported by National Institutes of Health grant No. R01NS097457, Kuopio University Hospital and Helsinki University Hospital research funds, and a research grant from the Finnish Medical Foundation.
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