Decreased wall shear stress at high-pressure areas predicts the rupture point in ruptured intracranial aneurysms
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- Tomoaki Suzuki
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;
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- Christopher J. Stapleton
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;
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- Matthew J. Koch
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;
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- Kazutoshi Tanaka
- Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo;
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- Soichiro Fujimura
- Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo;
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- Takashi Suzuki
- Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo;
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- Takeshi Yanagisawa
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;
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- Makoto Yamamoto
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Yukihiko Fujii
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata;
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- Yuichi Murayama
- Department of Neurosurgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo;
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- Aman B. Patel
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;
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- 公開日
- 2020-04
- 資源種別
- journal article
- DOI
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- 10.3171/2018.12.jns182897
- 公開者
- Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
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<jats:sec><jats:title>OBJECTIVE</jats:title><jats:p>Degenerative cerebral aneurysm walls are associated with aneurysm rupture and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Thin-walled regions (TWRs) represent fragile areas that may eventually lead to aneurysm rupture. Previous computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies reported the correlation of maximum pressure (Pmax) areas and TWRs; however, the correlation with aneurysm rupture has not been established. This study aims to investigate this hemodynamic correlation.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>METHODS</jats:title><jats:p>The aneurysmal wall surface at the Pmax areas was intraoperatively evaluated using a fluid flow formula under pulsatile blood flow conditions in 23 patients with 23 saccular middle cerebral artery (MCA) bifurcation aneurysms (16 unruptured and 7 ruptured). The pressure difference (Pd) at the Pmax areas was calculated by subtracting the average pressure (Pave) from the Pmax and normalized by dividing this by the dynamic pressure at the aneurysm inlet side. The wall shear stress (WSS) was also calculated at the Pmax areas, aneurysm dome, and parent artery. These hemodynamic parameters were used to validate the correlation with TWRs in unruptured MCA aneurysms. The characteristic hemodynamic parameters at the rupture points in ruptured MCA aneurysms were then determined.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS</jats:title><jats:p>In 13 of 16 unruptured aneurysms (81.2%), Pmax areas were identified that corresponded to TWRs. In 5 of the 7 ruptured cerebral aneurysms, the Pmax areas coincided with the rupture point. At these areas, the Pd values were not higher than those of the TWRs in unruptured cerebral aneurysms; however, minimum WSS, time-averaged WSS, and normalized WSS at the rupture point were significantly lower than those of the TWRs in unruptured aneurysms (p < 0.01).</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CONCLUSIONS</jats:title><jats:p>At the Pmax area of TWRs, decreased WSS appears to be the crucial hemodynamic parameter that indicates the risk of aneurysm rupture.</jats:p></jats:sec>
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- Journal of Neurosurgery
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Journal of Neurosurgery 132 (4), 1116-1122, 2020-04
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
