Michael B Scott1,2, Hyungkyu Huh1, Pim van Ooij3, Vincent Chen1, Brenda Herrera1, Mohammed Elbaz1, Patrick McCarthy4,5, S Chris Malaisrie4,5, James Carr1, Paul W M Fedak5,6, Michael Markl1,2, Alex J Barker7. 1. Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. 2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. 3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 4. Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. 5. Division of Cardiac Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. 6. Department of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. 7. Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To examine the effects of age, sex, and left ventricular global function on velocity, helicity, and 3D wall shear stress (3D-WSS) in the aorta of N = 100 healthy controls. METHODS: Fifty female and 50 male volunteers with no history of cardiovascular disease, with 10 volunteers per age group (18-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, and 61-80 years) underwent aortic 4D-flow MRI. Quantification of systolic aortic peak velocity, helicity, and 3D-WSS distribution and the calculation of age group-averaged peak systolic velocity and 3D-WSS maps ("atlases") were computed. Age-related and sex-related changes in peak velocity, helicity, and 3D-WSS were computed and correlated with standard metrics of left ventricular function derived from short-axis cine MRI. RESULTS: No significant differences were found in peak systolic velocity or 3D-WSS based on sex except for the 18- to 30-year-old group (males 8% higher velocity volume and 3D-WSS surface area). Between successively older groups, systolic velocity decreased (13%, <1%, 7%, and 55% of the aorta volume) and 3D-WSS decreased (21%, 2%, 30%, and 62% of the aorta surface area). Mean velocity, mean 3D-3D-WSS, and median helicity increased with cardiac output (r = 0.27-0.43, all P < .01), and mean velocity and 3D-WSS decreased with increasing diameter (r > 0.35, P < .001). Arch and descending aorta systolic mean velocity, mean 3D-WSS, and median helicity increased with normalized left ventricular volumes: end diastolic volume (r = 0.31-0.37, P < .01), end systolic volume (r = 0.27-0.35, P < .01), and stroke volume (r = 0.28-0.35, P < .01). CONCLUSION: Healthy aortic hemodynamics are dependent on subject age, and correlate with vessel diameter and cardiac function.
PURPOSE: To examine the effects of age, sex, and left ventricular global function on velocity, helicity, and 3D wall shear stress (3D-WSS) in the aorta of N = 100 healthy controls. METHODS: Fifty female and 50 male volunteers with no history of cardiovascular disease, with 10 volunteers per age group (18-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, and 61-80 years) underwent aortic 4D-flow MRI. Quantification of systolic aortic peak velocity, helicity, and 3D-WSS distribution and the calculation of age group-averaged peak systolic velocity and 3D-WSS maps ("atlases") were computed. Age-related and sex-related changes in peak velocity, helicity, and 3D-WSS were computed and correlated with standard metrics of left ventricular function derived from short-axis cine MRI. RESULTS: No significant differences were found in peak systolic velocity or 3D-WSS based on sex except for the 18- to 30-year-old group (males 8% higher velocity volume and 3D-WSS surface area). Between successively older groups, systolic velocity decreased (13%, <1%, 7%, and 55% of the aorta volume) and 3D-WSS decreased (21%, 2%, 30%, and 62% of the aorta surface area). Mean velocity, mean 3D-3D-WSS, and median helicity increased with cardiac output (r = 0.27-0.43, all P < .01), and mean velocity and 3D-WSS decreased with increasing diameter (r > 0.35, P < .001). Arch and descending aorta systolic mean velocity, mean 3D-WSS, and median helicity increased with normalized left ventricular volumes: end diastolic volume (r = 0.31-0.37, P < .01), end systolic volume (r = 0.27-0.35, P < .01), and stroke volume (r = 0.28-0.35, P < .01). CONCLUSION: Healthy aortic hemodynamics are dependent on subject age, and correlate with vessel diameter and cardiac function.
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