Analysis of hemodynamic changes from aneurysm inception to large sizes.

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Seyedeh Fatemeh Salimi AshkezariJ R Cebral

Abstract

While previous studies have identified many risk factors for the progression and rupture of cerebral aneurysms, the changes in aneurysm flow characteristics during its evolution are not fully understood. This work analyzes the changes in the aneurysm hemodynamic environment from its initial development to later stages when the aneurysm has substantially enlarged. A total of 88 aneurysms at four locations were studied with image based computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Two synthetic sequences representing the aneurysm geometry at three earlier stages were generated by shrinking the aneurysm sac while keeping the neck fixed or shrinking the neck simultaneously. The flow conditions were then quantitatively compared between these two modes of evolution. As aneurysms enlarged, the inflow rate increased in growing neck sequences, but decreased in fixed neck sequences. The inflow jet became more concentrated in both sequences. The mean aneurysm flow velocity and wall shear stress decreased in both sequences, but they decreased faster in enlarging aneurysms if the neck was fixed. Additionally, the intra-aneurysmal flows became more complex and more unstable, wall shear stress distribution became more oscillatory, and the area under lo...Continue Reading

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