PURPOSE: To assess the hemodynamic forces on a bifurcated abdominal aortic stent-graft under realistic conditions of flow, blood pressure, and sac pressure. METHODS: Computational fluid dynamics was used to study the temporal and spatial variations in surface pressure and shear through the cardiac cycle on models of bifurcated stent-grafts derived from computed tomography in 4 patients who had previously undergone endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The trunk, bifurcation, and limbs of the graft were analyzed separately and as parts of a unified whole. Analyses were repeated under varying conditions of sac pressure, reflecting different conditions of perigraft flow and sac diameter change. RESULTS: Pressure-related forces were far larger than flow-related forces in all 3 segments of all 4 cases. The largest forces acted at the bifurcation of the stent-graft. High sac pressures, seen in patients with endoleak or aneurysm dilatation, were associated with reduced transmural pressure and low-pressure-derived forces. CONCLUSION: Several parameters of stent-graft design affect the magnitude and distribution of forces on a bifurcated stent-graft. The forces on a stent-graft are also affected by the pressure within the aneurysm sac, which depends on stent-graft performance.
PURPOSE: To assess the hemodynamic forces on a bifurcated abdominal aortic stent-graft under realistic conditions of flow, blood pressure, and sac pressure. METHODS: Computational fluid dynamics was used to study the temporal and spatial variations in surface pressure and shear through the cardiac cycle on models of bifurcated stent-grafts derived from computed tomography in 4 patients who had previously undergone endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The trunk, bifurcation, and limbs of the graft were analyzed separately and as parts of a unified whole. Analyses were repeated under varying conditions of sac pressure, reflecting different conditions of perigraft flow and sac diameter change. RESULTS: Pressure-related forces were far larger than flow-related forces in all 3 segments of all 4 cases. The largest forces acted at the bifurcation of the stent-graft. High sac pressures, seen in patients with endoleak or aneurysm dilatation, were associated with reduced transmural pressure and low-pressure-derived forces. CONCLUSION: Several parameters of stent-graft design affect the magnitude and distribution of forces on a bifurcated stent-graft. The forces on a stent-graft are also affected by the pressure within the aneurysm sac, which depends on stent-graft performance.
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