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Ren X, Li H, Xu K, Li Z, Gao B, Lu W, Yang G, Wang Y, Yin Y, Chen T. Hemodynamic study on the therapeutic effects of varying diameter embolic coils in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2024; 40:e3807. [PMID: 38281812 DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Endovascular coiling is the predominant method for treating cerebral aneurysms. Extensive reports on selecting coil length, hardness, and material are available. However, the impact of coil diameter on postoperative outcomes remains unclear. This study enrolled six personalized geometric models of intracranial aneurysms: three bifurcation aneurysms and three sidewall aneurysms. Four coil models were constructed by changing the coil diameter. Coil embolization was simulated using the finite element method. Computational fluid dynamics was used to characterize hemodynamics in the aneurysms after embolization. Evaluation parameters included velocity reduction, wall shear stress (WSS), low WSS (LWSS), oscillatory shear index (OSI), relative residence time (RRT), and residual flow volume in the aneurysms. At the peak time (t = 0.17 s), the proportion of LWSS area in bifurcation aneurysms increase with the rise in coil diameter: 0.8D, 71.28 ± 12.62% versus 1D, 74.97 ± 19.17% versus 1.2D, 78.88 ± 18.56% versus 1.4D, 84.00 ± 11.53% (mean ± SD). The proportion of high OSI area decreases as the coil diameter increases: 0.8D, 4.41% ± 2.82% versus 1.0D, 3.78 ± 3.33% versus 1.2D, 2.28% ± 1.77% versus 1.4D, 1.58% ± 1.11% (mean ± SD). The proportion of high RRT area increases as the coil diameter rises: 0.8D, 3.40% ± 1.68% versus 1.0D, 7.67 ± 4.12% versus 1.2D, 9.84% ± 9.50% versus 1.4D, 22.29% ± 14.28% (mean ± SD). Side wall aneurysms do not exhibit the aforementioned trend. Bifurcation aneurysms plugged with a coil of 1.4 times the diameter have the largest RFVs (<10 mm/s) within the group. Aforementioned patterns are not found in sidewall aneurysms. In the treatment of aneurysms with coiling, varying coil diameters can result in different hemodynamic environments within the aneurysm. Larger coil diameters have improved hemodynamic performance for bifurcation aneurysms. However, coil diameter and embolization effectiveness have no significant relationship for sidewall aneurysms.
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- Xiaoyu Ren
- Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Union Strong (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing, China
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- Union Strong (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing, China
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- Union Strong (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing, China
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- Union Strong (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing, China
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- Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
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Fu Y, Bian X, Zou R, Jin R, Leng X, Fan F, Wei S, Cui X, Xiang J, Guan S. Hemodynamic alterations of flow diverters on aneurysms at the fetal posterior communicating artery: A simulation study using CFD to compare the surpass streamline, pipeline flex, and tubridge devices. J Neuroradiol 2024; 51:74-81. [PMID: 37442272 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2023.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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PURPOSE Traditional flow diverters (FDs) for treating aneurysms at the fetal posterior communicating artery are unsatisfactory. Surpass Streamline is a novel FD with different mesh characteristics; however, the outcomes for such aneurysms remain unclear. This study aimed to compare hemodynamic alterations induced by Surpass Streamline, Pipeline Flex, and Tubridge devices and explore possible strategies for aneurysms at the fetal posterior communicating artery. METHODS Two simulated aneurysms (Case 1, Case 2) were constructed from digital subtraction angiography (DSA). The three FDs were virtually deployed, and hemodynamic analysis based on computational fluid dynamics was performed. Hemodynamic parameters, including the sac-averaged velocity magnitude (Velocity), high-flow volume (HFV), and wall shear stress (WSS), were compared between each FD and the untreated model (control). Surpass Streamline was performed in real life for two aneurysms and the clinical outcomes were collected for analysis. RESULTS Compared to the control, the Surpass resulted in the most significant reduction in flow. In Case 1, the Velocity, HFV, and WSS were reduced by 51.6%, 78.1%, and 64.3%, respectively. In Case 2, the Velocity, HFV, and WSS were reduced by 48.0%, 81.1%, and 65.3%, respectively. Tubridge showed slightly larger changes in hemodynamic parameters than Pipeline. In addition, our analysis suggested that metal coverage was correlated with the WSS, Velocity, and HFV. The postoperative DSA showed that the aneurysm was nearly occluded in Case 1 and decreased in Case 2. CONCLUSION Compared to that with the Pipeline and Tubridge, the Surpass resulted in the greatest reduction in hemodynamic parameters and might be effective for aneurysms at the fetal posterior communicating artery. Virtual FD deployment and computational fluid dynamics analysis may be used to predict the treatment outcomes.
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- Yu Fu
- Department of Neurointervention Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- ArteryFlow Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China
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- ArteryFlow Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China
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- ArteryFlow Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurointervention Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Neurointervention Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Neurointervention Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Neurointervention Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
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Tanaka K, Furukawa K, Ishida F, Suzuki H. Hemodynamic differences of posterior communicating artery aneurysms between adult and fetal types of posterior cerebral artery. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2023; 165:3697-3706. [PMID: 37870661 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-023-05840-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND The recanalization of posterior communicating artery (PCoA) aneurysms after endovascular treatment has been analyzed by various factors. However, the differences between adult and fetal types of posterior cerebral artery (PCA) have not been fully investigated. The main aim of this study was to investigate hemodynamic differences of PCoA aneurysms between adult and fetal types using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). METHODS Fifty-five PCoA aneurysms were evaluated by 3D CT angiography and divided into unruptured aneurysms with adult-type or fetal-type PCAs (19 cases, UA group; 9 cases, UF group) and ruptured aneurysms with adult-type or fetal-type PCAs (17 cases, RA group; 10 cases, RF group). These native aneurysms were analyzed by CFD regarding morphological and hemodynamic characteristics. To evaluate simulated endovascular treatment of aneurysms, CFD was performed using porous media modeling. RESULTS Morphologically, the RA group had significantly smaller parent artery diameter (2.91 mm vs. 3.49 mm, p=0.005) and higher size ratio (2.54 vs. 1.78, p=0.023) than the RF group. CFD revealed that the UA group had significantly lower oscillatory shear index (OSI) (0.0032 vs. 0.0078, p=0.004) than the UF group and that the RA group had lower WSS (3.09 vs. 11.10, p=0.001) and higher OSI (0.014 vs. 0.006, p=0.031) than the RF group, while the RF group presented significantly higher intra-aneurysmal flow velocity (0.19 m/s vs. 0.061 m/s, p=0.002) than the RA group. Porous media modeling of simulated treatment revealed higher residual flow volume in the fetal-type groups. CONCLUSIONS These results suggested that PCoA aneurysms with fetal-type PCAs had different morphological features and hemodynamic characteristics compared with those with adult-type PCAs, leading to high risks of recanalization.
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- Katsuhiro Tanaka
- Department of Neurosurgery, Kuwana City Medical Center, 3-11, Kotobuki-Cho, Kuwana, Mie, 511-0061, Japan.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, NHO Mie Chuo Medical Center, Tsu, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, NHO Mie Chuo Medical Center, Tsu, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
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Jiang Y, Lu G, Ge L, Zou R, Li G, Wan H, Leng X, Xiang J, Zhang X. Hemodynamic Comparison of Treatment Strategies for Intracranial Vertebral Artery Fusiform Aneurysms. Front Neurol 2022; 13:927135. [PMID: 35873788 PMCID: PMC9296783 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.927135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Objective This study comparatively analyzed the hemodynamic changes resulting from various simulated stent-assisted embolization treatments to explore an optimal treatment strategy for intracranial vertebral artery fusiform aneurysms. An actual vertebral fusiform aneurysm case treated by large coil post-stenting (PLCS) was used as a control. Materials and Methods A single case of an intracranial vertebral artery fusiform aneurysm underwent a preoperative and eight postoperative finite element treatment simulations: PLCS [single and dual Low-profile Visualized Intraluminal Support (LVIS)], Jailing technique (single and dual LVIS both simulated twice, Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) with or without large coils (LCs). Qualitative and quantitative assessments were performed to analyze the most common hemodynamic risk factors for recurrence. Results Jailing technique and PED-only had a high residual flow volume (RFV) and wall shear stress (WSS) on the large curvature of the blood flow impingement region. Quantitative analysis determined that PLSC and PED had a lower RFV compared to preoperative than did the jailing technique [PED+LC 2.46% < PLCS 1.2 (dual LVIS) 4.75% < PLCS 1.1 (single LVIS) 6.34% < PED 6.58% < Jailing 2.2 12.45% < Jailing 1.2 12.71% < Jailing 1.1 14.28% < Jailing 2.1 16.44%]. The sac-averaged flow velocity treated by PLCS, PED and PED+LC compared to preoperatively was significantly lower than the jailing technique [PED+LC = PLCS 1.2 (dual LVIS) 17.5% < PLCS 1.1 (single LVIS) = PED 27.5% < Jailing 1.2 = Jailing 2.2 32.5% < Jailing 1.1 37.5% < Jailing 2.1 40%]. The sac-averaged WSS for the PLCS 1.2 (dual LVIS) model was lower than the PED+LC, while the high WSS area of the Jailing 1 model was larger than for Jailing 2 [PLCS 1.2 38.94% (dual LVIS) < PED+LC 41% < PLCS 1.1 43.36% (single LVIS) < PED 45.23% < Jailing 2.1 47.49% < Jailing 2.2 47.79% < Jailing 1.1 48.97% < Jailing 1.2 49.85%]. Conclusions For fusiform aneurysms, post large coil stenting can provide a uniform coil configuration potentially reducing the hemodynamic risk factors of recurrence. Flow diverters also may reduce the recurrence risk, with long-term follow-up required, especially to monitor branch blood flow to prevent postoperative ischemia.
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- Yeqing Jiang
- Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- ArteryFlow Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, China
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- ArteryFlow Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, China
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- Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- ArteryFlow Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Jianping Xiang
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- Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Xiaolong Zhang
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Fast virtual coiling algorithm for intracranial aneurysms using pre-shape path planning. Comput Biol Med 2021; 134:104496. [PMID: 34077817 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 09/30/2022]
Abstract
To aid in predicting and improving treatment outcome of endovascular coiling of intracranial aneurysms, simulation of patient-specific coil deployment should be both accurate and fast. We developed a fast virtual coiling algorithm called Pre-shape Path Planning (P3). It captures the mechanical propensity of a released coil to restore its pre-shape for bending energy minimization, producing coils without unrealistic kinks and bends. A coil is discretized into finite-length segments and extruded from the delivery catheter segment-by-segment following a generic coil pre-shape. With the release of each segment, coil-wall and coil-coil collisions are detected and resolved. Modeling of each case took seconds to minutes. To test the algorithm, we evaluated its output against the literature, experiments, and patient angiograms. The periphery-to-core ratio of coils deployed by P3 decreased with increasing coil packing density, consistent with observations in the literature. Coils deployed by P3 compared well with in vitro experiments, free from unphysical kinks and loops that arose from previous virtual coiling algorithms. Simulations of coiling in four patient-specific aneurysms agreed well with the patient angiograms. To test the influence of coil pre-shape on P3, we performed hemodynamic simulations in aneurysms with coils deployed by P3 using the generic pre-shape, P3 using a coil-specific pre-shape, and full finite-element-method simulation. We found that the generic pre-shape was sufficient to produce results comparable to virtual coiling by finite element modeling. Based on these findings, P3 can rapidly simulate coiling in patient-specific aneurysms with good accuracy and is thus a potential candidate for clinical treatment planning.
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Tian Z, Zhang M, Li G, Jin R, Leng X, Zhang Y, Wang K, Zhang Y, Yang X, Xiang J, Liu J. Hemodynamic differences by increasing low profile visualized intraluminal support (LVIS) stent local compaction across intracranial aneurysm orifice. Interv Neuroradiol 2020; 26:557-565. [PMID: 32830566 DOI: 10.1177/1591019920952903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Low-profile Visualized Intraluminal Support device (LVIS) has been successfully used to treat cerebral aneurysm, and the push-pull technique has been used clinically to compact the stent across aneurysm orifice. Our aim was to exhibit the hemodynamic effect of the compacted LVIS stent. METHODS Two patient-specific aneurysm models were constructed from three-dimensional angiographic images. The uniform LVIS stent, compacted LVIS and Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) with or without coil embolization were virtually deployed into aneurysm models to perform hemodynamic analysis. Intra-aneurysmal flow parameters were calculated to assess hemodynamic differences among different models. RESULTS The compacted LVIS had the highest metal coverage across the aneurysm orifice (case 1, 46.37%; case 2, 67.01%). However, the PED achieved the highest pore density (case 1, 19.56 pores/mm2; case 2, 18.07 pores/mm2). The compacted LVIS produced a much higher intra-aneurysmal flow reduction than the uniform LVIS. The PED showed a higher intra-aneurysmal flow reduction than the compacted LVIS in case 1, but the results were comparable in case 2. After stent placement, the intra-aneurysmal flow was further reduced as subsequent coil embolization. The compacted LVIS stent with coils produced a similar reduction in intra-aneurysmal flow to that of the PED. CONCLUSIONS The combined characteristics of stent metal coverage and pore density should be considered when assessing the flow diversion effects of stents. More intra-aneurysmal flow reductions could be introduced by compacted LVIS stent than the uniform one. Compared with PED, compacted LVIS stent may exhibit a flow-diverting effect comparable to that of the PED.
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- Zhongbin Tian
- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- ArteryFlow Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, China
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- ArteryFlow Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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