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Niels Lind
Author with expertise in Management of Valvular Heart Disease
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Aneurysmal Growth in Type-B Aortic Dissection: Assessing the Impact of Patient-Specific Inlet Conditions on Key Haemodynamic Indices

Catriona Stokes et al.Feb 13, 2023
Abstract Type-B Aortic Dissection is a cardiovascular disease in which a tear develops in the intimal layer of the descending aorta, allowing pressurized blood to delaminate the layers of the vessel wall. In medically managed patients, long-term aneurysmal dilatation of the false lumen (FL) is considered virtually inevitable and is associated with poorer disease outcomes. While the pathophysiological mechanisms driving FL dilatation are not yet understood, hemodynamic factors are believed to play a key role. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and 4D-Flow MRI (4DMR) analyses have revealed correlations between flow helicity, oscillatory wall shear stress, and aneurysmal dilatation of the FL. In this study, we compare CFD simulations using a patient-specific, three-dimensional, three-component inlet velocity profile (3D IVP) extracted from 4DMR data against simulations with flow rate-matched uniform and axial velocity profiles that remain widely used in the absence of 4DMR. We also evaluate the influence of measurement errors in 4DMR data by scaling the 3D IVP to the degree of imaging error detected in prior studies. We observe that oscillatory shear and helicity are highly sensitive to inlet velocity distribution and flow volume throughout the FL and conclude that the choice of IVP may greatly affect the future clinical value of simulations.