Ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm wall stress analysis using patient-specific finite element modeling of in vivo magnetic resonance imaging

OBJECTIVES Rupture/dissection of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (aTAAs) carries high mortality and occurs in many patients who did not meet size criteria for elective surgery. Elevated wall stress may better predict adverse events, but cannot be directly measured in vivo, rather determined from...

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Published in:Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery 2015-10, Vol.21 (4), p.471-480
Main Authors: Krishnan, Kapil, Ge, Liang, Haraldsson, Henrik, Hope, Michael D., Saloner, David A., Guccione, Julius M., Tseng, Elaine E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angiography
Aorta - physiopathology
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - diagnosis
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - physiopathology
Biomechanical Phenomena
Computer Simulation
Finite Element Analysis
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Models, Cardiovascular
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Pressure
Stress, Mechanical
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:OBJECTIVES Rupture/dissection of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (aTAAs) carries high mortality and occurs in many patients who did not meet size criteria for elective surgery. Elevated wall stress may better predict adverse events, but cannot be directly measured in vivo, rather determined from finite element (FE) simulations. Current computational models make assumptions that limit accuracy, most commonly using in vivo imaging geometry to represent zero-pressure state. Accurate patient-specific wall stress requires models with zero-pressure three-dimensional geometry, material properties, wall thickness and residual stress. We hypothesized that wall stress calculated from in vivo imaging geometry at systemic pressure underestimates that using zero-pressure geometry. We developed a novel method to derive zero-pressure geometry from in vivo imaging at systemic pressure. The purpose of this study was to develop the first patient-specific aTAA models using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess material properties and zero-pressure geometry. Wall stress results from FE models using systemic pressure were compared with those from models using zero-pressure correction. METHODS Patients with aTAAs
ISSN:1569-9293
1569-9285
DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivv186