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Ng E, Looi LJC. Numerical analysis of biothermal-fluids and cardiac thermal pulse of abdominal aortic aneurysm. MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING : MBE 2022; 19:10213-10251. [PMID: 36031992 DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2022479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Abdominal aortic aneurysms are serious and difficult to detect, conditions can be deadly if they rupture. In this study, the heat transfer and flow physics of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) were discussed and associated with cardiac cycle to illustrate the cardiac thermal pulse (CTP) of AAA. A CTP and infrared thermography (IRT) evaluation-based on AAA and abdomen skin surface detection method was proposed, respectively. Infrared thermography (IRT) is a promising imaging technique that may detect AAA quicker and cheaper than other imaging techniques (as biomarker). From CFD rigid-wall and FSI Analysis, the transient bioheat transfer effect resulted in a distinct thermal signature (circular thermal elevation) on the temperature profile of midriff skin surface, at both regular body temperature and supine position, under normal clinical temperature. However, it is important to note that thermography is not a perfect technology, and it does have some limitations, such as lack of clinical trials. There is still work to be done to improve this imaging technique and make it a more viable and accurate method for detecting abdominal aortic aneurysms. However, thermography is currently one of the most convenient technologies in this field, and it has the potential to detect abdominal aortic aneurysms earlier than other techniques. CTP, on the other hand, was used to examine the thermal physics of AAA. In CFD rigid-wall Analysis, AAA had a CTP that only responded to systolic phase at regular body temperature. In contrast, a healthy abdominal aorta displayed a CTP that responded to the full cardiac cycle, including diastolic phase at all simulated cases. Besides, the findings from FSI Analysis suggest the influence of numerical simulation techniques on the prediction of thermal physics behaviours of AAA and abdominal skin surface. Lastly, this study correlated the relationship between natural convective heat transfer coefficient with AAA and provided reference for potential clinical diagnostic using IRT in clinical implications.
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- Eyk Ng
- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
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- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
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Tang H, Wang Q, Xu F, Zhang X, Zeng Z, Yan Y, Lu Z, Xue G, Zuo Q, Luo Y, Liu J, Huang Q. Underlying mechanism of hemodynamics and intracranial aneurysm. Chin Neurosurg J 2021; 7:44. [PMID: 34847937 PMCID: PMC8638472 DOI: 10.1186/s41016-021-00260-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In modern society, subarachnoid hemorrhage, mostly caused by intracranial aneurysm rupture, is accompanied by high disability and mortality rate, which has become a major threat to human health. Till now, the etiology of intracranial aneurysm has not been entirely clarified. In recent years, more and more studies focus on the relationship between hemodynamics and intracranial aneurysm. Under the physiological condition, the mechanical force produced by the stable blood flow in the blood vessels keeps balance with the structure of the blood vessels. When the blood vessels are stimulated by the continuous abnormal blood flow, the functional structure of the blood vessels changes, which becomes the pathophysiological basis of the inflammation and atherosclerosis of the blood vessels and further promotes the occurrence and development of the intracranial aneurysm. This review will focus on the relationship between hemodynamics and intracranial aneurysms, will discuss the mechanism of occurrence and development of intracranial aneurysms, and will provide a new perspective for the research and treatment of intracranial aneurysms.
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- Haishuang Tang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China.,Naval Medical Center of PLA, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200050, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, People's Republic of China
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- Naval Medical Center of PLA, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200050, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China.
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Teixeira FS, Neufeld E, Kuster N, Watton PN. Modeling intracranial aneurysm stability and growth: an integrative mechanobiological framework for clinical cases. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2020; 19:2413-2431. [PMID: 32533497 PMCID: PMC7603456 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-020-01351-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We present a novel patient-specific fluid-solid-growth framework to model the mechanobiological state of clinically detected intracranial aneurysms (IAs) and their evolution. The artery and IA sac are modeled as thick-walled, non-linear elastic fiber-reinforced composites. We represent the undulation distribution of collagen fibers: the adventitia of the healthy artery is modeled as a protective sheath whereas the aneurysm sac is modeled to bear load within physiological range of pressures. Initially, we assume the detected IA is stable and then consider two flow-related mechanisms to drive enlargement: (1) low wall shear stress; (2) dysfunctional endothelium which is associated with regions of high oscillatory flow. Localized collagen degradation and remodelling gives rise to formation of secondary blebs on the aneurysm dome. Restabilization of blebs is achieved by remodelling of the homeostatic collagen fiber stretch distribution. This integrative mechanobiological modelling workflow provides a step towards a personalized risk-assessment and treatment of clinically detected IAs.
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- IT’IS Foundation & ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- IT’IS Foundation & ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Computer Science, Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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Owen B, Bojdo N, Jivkov A, Keavney B, Revell A. Structural modelling of the cardiovascular system. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2018; 17:1217-1242. [PMID: 29911296 PMCID: PMC6154127 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-018-1024-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Computational modelling of the cardiovascular system offers much promise, but represents a truly interdisciplinary challenge, requiring knowledge of physiology, mechanics of materials, fluid dynamics and biochemistry. This paper aims to provide a summary of the recent advances in cardiovascular structural modelling, including the numerical methods, main constitutive models and modelling procedures developed to represent cardiovascular structures and pathologies across a broad range of length and timescales; serving as an accessible point of reference to newcomers to the field. The class of so-called hyperelastic materials provides the theoretical foundation for the modelling of how these materials deform under load, and so an overview of these models is provided; comparing classical to application-specific phenomenological models. The physiology is split into components and pathologies of the cardiovascular system and linked back to constitutive modelling developments, identifying current state of the art in modelling procedures from both clinical and engineering sources. Models which have originally been derived for one application and scale are shown to be used for an increasing range and for similar applications. The trend for such approaches is discussed in the context of increasing availability of high performance computing resources, where in some cases computer hardware can impact the choice of modelling approach used.
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- Benjamin Owen
- School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, George Begg Building, Manchester, M1 3BB, UK.
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- School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, George Begg Building, Manchester, M1 3BB, UK
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- School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, George Begg Building, Manchester, M1 3BB, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, AV Hill Building, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, George Begg Building, Manchester, M1 3BB, UK
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Kemmerling EMC, Peattie RA. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Pathomechanics: Current Understanding and Future Directions. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2018; 1097:157-179. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96445-4_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized enlargement of the abdominal aorta, such that the diameter exceeds 3 cm. The natural history of AAA is progressive growth leading to rupture, an event that carries up to 90% risk of mortality. Hence there is a need to predict the growth of the diameter of the aorta based on the diameter of a patient’s aneurysm at initial screening and aided by non-invasive biomarkers. IL-6 is overexpressed in AAA and was suggested as a prognostic marker for the risk in AAA. The present paper develops a mathematical model which relates the growth of the abdominal aorta to the serum concentration of IL-6. Given the initial diameter of the aorta and the serum concentration of IL-6, the model predicts the growth of the diameter at subsequent times. Such a prediction can provide guidance to how closely the patient’s abdominal aorta should be monitored. The mathematical model is represented by a system of partial differential equations taking place in the aortic wall, where the media is assumed to have the constituency of an hyperelastic material.
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Effects of the three-dimensional residual stresses on the mechanical properties of arterial walls. J Theor Biol 2016; 393:118-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Revised: 12/25/2015] [Accepted: 12/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Grytsan A, Watton PN, Holzapfel GA. A Thick-Walled Fluid–Solid-Growth Model of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Evolution: Application to a Patient-Specific Geometry. J Biomech Eng 2015; 137:2020812. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4029279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We propose a novel thick-walled fluid–solid-growth (FSG) computational framework for modeling vascular disease evolution. The arterial wall is modeled as a thick-walled nonlinearly elastic cylindrical tube consisting of two layers corresponding to the media-intima and adventitia, where each layer is treated as a fiber-reinforced material with the fibers corresponding to the collagenous component. Blood is modeled as a Newtonian fluid with constant density and viscosity; no slip and no-flux conditions are applied at the arterial wall. Disease progression is simulated by growth and remodeling (G&R) of the load bearing constituents of the wall. Adaptions of the natural reference configurations and mass densities of constituents are driven by deviations of mechanical stimuli from homeostatic levels. We apply the novel framework to model abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) evolution. Elastin degradation is initially prescribed to create a perturbation to the geometry which results in a local decrease in wall shear stress (WSS). Subsequent degradation of elastin is driven by low WSS and an aneurysm evolves as the elastin degrades and the collagen adapts. The influence of transmural G&R of constituents on the aneurysm development is analyzed. We observe that elastin and collagen strains evolve to be transmurally heterogeneous and this may facilitate the development of tortuosity. This multiphysics framework provides the basis for exploring the influence of transmural metabolic activity on the progression of vascular disease.
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- Andrii Grytsan
- Department of Solid Mechanics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 8d, Stockholm 10044, Sweden
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- INSIGNEO Institute of In Silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology, Kronesgasse 5-I, Graz 8010, Austria e-mail:
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Simsek FG, Kwon YW. Investigation of material modeling in fluid-structure interaction analysis of an idealized three-layered abdominal aorta: aneurysm initiation and fully developed aneurysms. J Biol Phys 2015; 41:173-201. [PMID: 25624113 DOI: 10.1007/s10867-014-9372-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2014] [Accepted: 11/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Different material models for an idealized three-layered abdominal aorta are compared using computational techniques to study aneurysm initiation and fully developed aneurysms. The computational model includes fluid-structure interaction (FSI) between the blood vessel and the blood. In order to model aneurysm initiation, the medial region was degenerated to mimic the medial loss occurring in the inception of an aneurysm. Various cases are considered in order to understand their effects on the initiation of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The layers of the blood vessel were modeled using either linear elastic materials or Mooney-Rivlin (otherwise known as hyperelastic) type materials. The degenerated medial region was also modeled in either linear elastic or hyperelastic-type materials and assumed to be in the shape of an arc with a thin width or a circular ring with different widths. The blood viscosity effect was also considered in the initiation mechanism. In addition, dynamic analysis of the blood vessel was performed without interaction with the blood flow by applying time-dependent pressure inside the lumen in a three-layered abdominal aorta. The stresses, strains, and displacements were compared for a healthy aorta, an initiated aneurysm and a fully developed aneurysm. The study shows that the material modeling of the vessel has a sizable effect on aneurysm initiation and fully developed aneurysms. Different material modeling of degeneration regions also affects the stress-strain response of aneurysm initiation. Additionally, the structural analysis without considering FSI (called noFSI) overestimates the peak von Mises stress by 52% at the interfaces of the layers.
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- Fatma Gulden Simsek
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bogazici University, Kandilli Camp, Istanbul, Turkey,
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Aparício P, Mandaltsi A, Boamah J, Chen H, Selimovic A, Bratby M, Uberoi R, Ventikos Y, Watton PN. Modelling the influence of endothelial heterogeneity on the progression of arterial disease: application to abdominal aortic aneurysm evolution. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2014; 30:563-586. [PMID: 24424963 DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2013] [Revised: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We sophisticate a fluid-solid growth computational framework for modelling aneurysm evolution. A realistic structural model of the arterial wall is integrated into a patient-specific geometry of the vasculature. This enables physiologically representative distributions of haemodynamic stimuli, obtained from a rigid-wall computational fluid dynamics analysis, to be linked to growth and remodelling algorithms. Additionally, a quasistatic structural analysis quantifies the cyclic deformation of the arterial wall so that collagen growth and remodelling can be explicitly linked to the cyclic deformation of vascular cells. To simulate aneurysm evolution, degradation of elastin is driven by reductions in wall shear stress (WSS) below homeostatic thresholds. Given that the endothelium exhibits spatial and temporal heterogeneity, we propose a novel approach to define the homeostatic WSS thresholds: We allow them to be spatially and temporally heterogeneous. We illustrate the application of this novel fluid-solid growth framework to model abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) evolution and to examine how the influence of the definition of the WSS homeostatic threshold influences AAA progression. We conclude that improved understanding and modelling of the endothelial heterogeneity is important for modelling aneurysm evolution and, more generally, other vascular diseases where haemodynamic stimuli play an important role.
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- P Aparício
- Systems Biology Doctoral Training Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Ren JS. Growth and residual stresses of arterial walls. J Theor Biol 2013; 337:80-8. [PMID: 23968891 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2012] [Revised: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 08/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Growth, residual stresses and mechanical responses of arterial walls under the inner pressure are investigated within the framework of a finite deformation hyper-elasticity theory. A biomechanical model for a two-layer thick-walled circular cylindrical tube is proposed to address the mechanical effects of finite volumetric growth and residual stresses of arterial walls. The active stress due to smooth muscle tone in the media and the dispersion of collagen fiber orientations in the adventitia are also considered. The fields of displacements and stress distributions of arterial walls with growth are solved analytically. Analysis of axial, radial and circumferential growth is considered and residual stress distributions of arterial walls in different cases of growth are compared.
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- Jiu-Sheng Ren
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy and Environment Engineering, Department of Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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Valentín A, Humphrey JD, Holzapfel GA. A finite element-based constrained mixture implementation for arterial growth, remodeling, and adaptation: theory and numerical verification. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2013; 29:822-49. [PMID: 23713058 PMCID: PMC3735847 DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Revised: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We implemented a constrained mixture model of arterial growth and remodeling in a nonlinear finite element framework to facilitate numerical analyses of diverse cases of arterial adaptation and maladaptation, including disease progression, resulting in complex evolving geometries and compositions. This model enables hypothesis testing by predicting consequences of postulated characteristics of cell and matrix turnover, including evolving quantities and orientations of fibrillar constituents and nonhomogenous degradation of elastin or loss of smooth muscle function. The nonlinear finite element formulation is general within the context of arterial mechanics, but we restricted our present numerical verification to cylindrical geometries to allow comparisons with prior results for two special cases: uniform transmural changes in mass and differential growth and remodeling within a two-layered cylindrical model of the human aorta. The present finite element model recovers the results of these simplified semi-inverse analyses with good agreement.
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- A. Valentín
- Institute of Biomechanics, Center of Biomedical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Kronesgasse 5-I, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven CT 06520, USA
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- Institute of Biomechanics, Center of Biomedical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Kronesgasse 5-I, 8010 Graz, Austria
- Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Department of Solid Mechanics, School of Engineering Sciences, Osquars Backe 1, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- Corresponding author ()
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