Ga-Young Suh1, Dominik Fleischmann2, Ramin E Beygui3, Christopher P Cheng4. 1. Department of Surgery, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Dr. Suite H3600, Stanford, CA, 94305-5642, USA. gysuh@stanford.edu. 2. Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. 3. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. 4. Department of Surgery, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Dr. Suite H3600, Stanford, CA, 94305-5642, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To quantify cardiac and respiratory deformations of the thoracic aorta after ascending aortic graft repair. METHODS: Eight patients were scanned with cardiac-resolved computed tomography angiography during inspiratory/expiratory breath-holds. Aortic centerlines and lumen were extracted to compute the arclength, curvature, angulation, and cross-section shape. RESULTS: From systole to diastole, the angle of graft [Formula: see text] arch increased by 2.4[Formula: see text] ± 1.8[Formula: see text] (P < 0.01) and the angle of arch [Formula: see text] descending aorta decreased by 2.4[Formula: see text] ± 2.6[Formula: see text] (P < 0.05), while the effective diameter of the proximal arch decreased by 2.4 ± 1.9% (P < 0.01), a greater change than those of the graft or distal arch (P < 0.05). From inspiration to expiration, the angle of graft [Formula: see text] arch increased by 2.8[Formula: see text] ± 2.6[Formula: see text] (P < 0.02) with the peak curvature increase (P < 0.05). Shorter graft length was correlated with greater cardiac-induced graft [Formula: see text] arch angulation, and longer graft length was correlated with greater respiratory-induced arch [Formula: see text] descending aorta angulation (R [Formula: see text] 0.50). CONCLUSION: The thoracic aorta changed curvature and angulation with cardiac and respiratory influences, driven by aortic root and arch motion. The thoracic aortic geometry and deformation are correlated with the ascending aortic graft length.
PURPOSE: To quantify cardiac and respiratory deformations of the thoracic aorta after ascending aortic graft repair. METHODS: Eight patients were scanned with cardiac-resolved computed tomography angiography during inspiratory/expiratory breath-holds. Aortic centerlines and lumen were extracted to compute the arclength, curvature, angulation, and cross-section shape. RESULTS: From systole to diastole, the angle of graft [Formula: see text] arch increased by 2.4[Formula: see text] ± 1.8[Formula: see text] (P < 0.01) and the angle of arch [Formula: see text] descending aorta decreased by 2.4[Formula: see text] ± 2.6[Formula: see text] (P < 0.05), while the effective diameter of the proximal arch decreased by 2.4 ± 1.9% (P < 0.01), a greater change than those of the graft or distal arch (P < 0.05). From inspiration to expiration, the angle of graft [Formula: see text] arch increased by 2.8[Formula: see text] ± 2.6[Formula: see text] (P < 0.02) with the peak curvature increase (P < 0.05). Shorter graft length was correlated with greater cardiac-induced graft [Formula: see text] arch angulation, and longer graft length was correlated with greater respiratory-induced arch [Formula: see text] descending aorta angulation (R [Formula: see text] 0.50). CONCLUSION: The thoracic aorta changed curvature and angulation with cardiac and respiratory influences, driven by aortic root and arch motion. The thoracic aortic geometry and deformation are correlated with the ascending aortic graft length.
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