The hemodynamic comparison of different carotid artery bifurcation angles based on patient-specific models

Yuqian Mei, Matthias Müller-Eschner, Duanduan Chen*

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Abstract

Carotidatherosclerosis is related to cerebrovascular diseases. The anatomic features of the carotid artery may influence the hemodynamics within the vessel and therefore stimulate atherosclerotic process. This paper establishes two three-dimensional patient-specific models of the carotid artery. By changing the bifurcation angle while keeping the physiological morphology of the carotid artery, we investigate the hemodynamic variations and discuss their relationships to atherosclerosis. The results indicate: (i) the volume flow rate ratio of internal- to-external carotid artery decreases while the external-to-common carotid artery angle and the internal-to-common carotid artery angle increase; (ii) the enlargement of the angle (either external-to-common carotid artery angle or internal- to-common carotid artery angle) can reduce the region of low time-averaged wall shear stress (<0.3Pa) on the affected internal or external carotid artery, a positive effect to protect further plaque formations; and (iii) changing of the bifurcation angle presents littleeffects on the velocity, pressure and wall shear stress distributions in the carotid artery.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLife System Modeling and Simulation - International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation, LSMS 2014 and International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Energy and Environment, ICSEE 2014, Proceedings
EditorsShiwei Ma, Li Jia, Xin Li, Ling Wang, Xin Sun, Huiyu Zhou
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages170-177
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9783662452820
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume461
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Keywords

  • Bifurcation angle
  • Carotid artery
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Hemodynamics

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