Artery Research

Volume 25, Issue Supplement 1, December 2019, Pages S42 - S42

5.6 Aortic Pressure Behind Flow Disorganization in Aneurismal Aorta: a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Authors
Kevin Bouaou1, *, Thomas Dietenbeck1, Gilles Soulat2, Sophia Houriez—Gombaud-Saintonge1, Ioannis Bargiotas3, Alain De Cesare1, Umit Gencer2, Alain Giron1, Alban Redheuil1, Emilie Bollache1, Didier Lucor4, Elie Mousseaux2, Nadjia Kachenoura1
1Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Imagerie Biomé-dicale, Paris, France
2Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, INSERM 970, Paris, France
3CMLA, ENS Cachan, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 94235 Cachan, France
4LIMSI, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
*Corresponding author. Email: kevin.bouaou@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Kevin Bouaou
Available Online 15 February 2020.
DOI
10.2991/artres.k.191224.035How to use a DOI?
Abstract

Purpose: Understanding and prediction of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (ATAA) progression are not well established yet and aortic dissection is frequently occurring on normally sized and mildly dilated aortas. Despite known theoretical associations between pressures and blood flow patterns there are no studies focusing on their simultaneous evaluation. Our aim was to propose a comprehensive and quantitative evaluation of pressure-flow-wall interplay from 4D flow MRI in the setting of aortic dilation.

Methods: We studied 12 patients with ATAA (67 ± 14 years, 7 males) and 12 healthy subjects (63 ± 12 years, 8 males) who underwent 4D flow MRI. The segmented velocity fields were used to estimate: 1) local ascending aorta (AA) pressure changes from Navier-Stokes-derived relative pressure maps (AADP, mmHg), 2) AA wall shear stress (AAWSS, Pa) by estimating local velocity derivatives at the aortic borders, 3) aortic flow vorticity using the λ2 method (AAV, s-1).

Results: AA local pressure change (AADP) was significantly associated with both AAV (r = 0.55, p = 0.006) and AAWSS (r = 0.69, p < 0.001) and both associations remained significant after adjustment for diameter, age and BSA (p = 0.007 and p = 0.003 respectively). Such positive associations indicate that local pressure variations affect local blood flow, generating flow current from high to low pressures and subsequently vortices with the underlying stress exerted on the AA wall.

Conclusion: Local variations in aortic pressures, measured using 4D flow MRI, are associated with flow disorganization as quantified by vorticity and with the increase in the stress exerted on the aortic wall, as quantified by wall shear stress.

Copyright
© 2019 Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology. Publishing services by Atlantis Press International B.V.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Journal
Artery Research
Volume-Issue
25 - Supplement 1
Pages
S42 - S42
Publication Date
2020/02/15
ISSN (Online)
1876-4401
ISSN (Print)
1872-9312
DOI
10.2991/artres.k.191224.035How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019 Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology. Publishing services by Atlantis Press International B.V.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Cite this article

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AU  - Umit Gencer
AU  - Alain Giron
AU  - Alban Redheuil
AU  - Emilie Bollache
AU  - Didier Lucor
AU  - Elie Mousseaux
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 Nadjia Kachenoura
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