Wall Shear Stress Assessment of the False Lumen in Acute Type B Aortic Dissection Visualized by 4-Dimensional Flow Magnetic Resonance Imaging: An Ex-Vivo Study.

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      Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101136421 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1938-9116 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 15385744 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Vasc Endovascular Surg Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications
      Original Publication: Glen Head, N.Y. : Westminster Publications, c2002-
    • Subject Terms:
      Hemodynamics* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Perfusion Imaging*; Aortic Dissection/*diagnostic imaging ; Aorta/*diagnostic imaging ; Aortic Aneurysm/*diagnostic imaging; Aortic Dissection/physiopathology ; Animals ; Aorta/physiopathology ; Aortic Aneurysm/physiopathology ; Blood Flow Velocity ; Disease Models, Animal ; Heart Rate ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Regional Blood Flow ; Stress, Mechanical ; Sus scrofa ; Time Factors
    • Abstract:
      Background: Four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging (4D flow MRI) can accurately visualize and quantify flow and provide hemodynamic information such as wall shear stress (WSS). This imaging technique can be used to obtain more insight in the hemodynamic changes during cardiac cycle in the true and false lumen of uncomplicated acute Type B Aortic Dissection (TBAD). Gaining more insight of these forces in the false lumen in uncomplicated TBAD during optimal medical treatment, might result in prediction of adverse outcomes.
      Methods: A porcine aorta dissection model with an artificial dissection was positioned in a validated ex-vivo circulatory system with physiological pulsatile flow. 4D flow MR images with 3 set heartrates (HR; 60 bpm, 80 bpm and 100 bpm) were acquired. False lumen volume per cycle (FLV), mean and peak systolic WSS were determined from 4D flow MRI data. For validation, the experiment was repeated with a second porcine aorta dissection model.
      Results: During both experiments an increase in FLV (initial experiment: ΔFLV = 2.05 ml, p < 0.001 , repeated experiment: ΔFLV = 1.08 ml, p = 0.005 ) and peak WSS (initial experiment: ΔWSS = 1.2 Pa, p = 0.004 , repeated experiment: ΔWSS = 1.79 Pa, p = 0.016 ) was observed when HR increased from 60 to 80 bpm. Raising the HR from 80 to 100 bpm, no significant increase in FLV ( p = 0.073, p = 0.139 ) was seen during both experiments. The false lumen mean WSS increased significant during initial (2.71 to 3.85 Pa; p = 0.013 ) and non-significant during repeated experiment (3.22 to 4.00 Pa; p = 0.320 ).
      Conclusion: 4D flow MRI provides insight into hemodynamic dimensions including WSS. Our ex-vivo experiments showed that an increase in HR from 60 to 80 bpm resulted in a significant increase of FLV and WSS of the false lumen. We suggest that strict heart rate control is of major importance to reduce the mean and peak WSS in uncomplicated acute TBAD. Because of the limitations of an ex-vivo study, 4D flow MRI will have to be performed in clinical setting to determine whether this imaging model would be of value to predict the course of uncomplicated TBAD.
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      Keywords: aortic dissection; ex-vivo; four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging; type B
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20210603 Date Completed: 20211124 Latest Revision: 20221207
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/15385744211017117
    • Accession Number:
      34078199