Artery Research

Volume 25, Issue Supplement 1, December 2019, Pages S89 - S90

P49 Experimental Flow Visualization of a Flow Diverting Stent in a Popliteal Aneurysm

Authors
Lennart van de Velde1, 2, 3, *, Michel Reijnen4, 5, Michel Versluis6, Joerg Tessarek7, Erik Groot Jebbink5, 4
1University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
2Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
3Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands
4Department of Surgery, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands
5M3i Multi-Modality Medical Imaging, TechMed Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
6Physics of Fluids, TechMed Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
7Department of Vascular Surgery, Bonifatius Hospital, Lingen, Germany
*Corresponding author. Email: lennartvelde@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Lennart van de Velde
Available Online 17 February 2020.
DOI
10.2991/artres.k.191224.080How to use a DOI?
Abstract

Purpose: Flow diverting stents are commonly used in saccular cerebral aneurysms [1]. Their use has not yet been investigated for popliteal aneurysms, which are commonly fusiform in nature and exposed to pulsatile triphasic flows. We have shown the clinical feasibility of flow diverters in a pilot study of 12 patients [2]. To investigate its physiologic mechanism and the optimal flow diverter configuration, flow profiles were investigated in popliteal aneurysm phantoms.

Methods: Six transparent silicone elastomer models were created and integrated in an experimental flow set-up, which reproduced physiologic pulsatile flow conditions. These models covered two idealized anatomies (Figure 1) and three stent configurations (control, single stent [SUPERA, Abbott, Santa Clara, CA] and dual stent). Laser particle image velocimetry was used to investigate two-dimensional flow velocities, shear rates and wall shear stress in the models.

Results: The introduction of a flow diverter stent led to a two-time reduction in aneurysm flow velocities for single-layer stents, and a three-time reduction for double layer stents (Figure 2), with higher reduction factors for the bent inlet model. Forward flow was optimally diverted, whereas backward flow was deflected into the aneurysm by the unceasing momentum of the forward jet. Nonetheless, both flow velocities, shear rates (1.3–2x decrease) and wall shear stress (2.8–4.5x decrease) were strongly reduced by the double-layer configuration.

Conclusion: This study demonstrates the ability of a double-layer flow diverter stent for reducing flow velocities in popliteal aneurysms, supporting its clinical use in terms of its fluid mechanical effects.

Figure 1

The popliteal aneurysm phantoms. (A) Bent inlet trajectory. (B) Straight inlet trajectory. (C) The straight inlet model treated with a single layer stent (left) and a dual layer stent (right), which follow a helical and straight trajectory, respectively.

Figure 2

Velocity vector and contour plots during peak forward flow in the straight inlet models. From left to right: control, single layer (dashed red line) and double layer (dash-dot red line) stent. The single layer stent is partly out-of-plane due to its helical trajectory.

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
S89 - S90
Publication Date
2020/02/17
ISSN (Online)
1876-4401
ISSN (Print)
1872-9312
DOI
10.2991/artres.k.191224.080How 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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