Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
8-2010
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Source Publication
Journal of Applied Physiology
Source ISSN
0021-8987
Abstract
Abnormal blood flow patterns promoting inflammation, cellular proliferation, and thrombosis may be established by local changes in vessel geometry after stent implantation in bifurcation lesions. Our objective was to quantify altered hemodynamics due to main vessel (MV) stenting and subsequent virtual side branch (SB) angioplasty in a coronary bifurcation by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. CFD models were generated from representative vascular dimensions and intravascular ultrasound images. Time-averaged wall shear stress (TAWSS), oscillatory shear index (OSI), and fractional flow reserve (FFR) were quantified. None of the luminal surface was exposed to low TAWSS (/cm2) in the nondiseased bifurcation model. MV stenting introduced eccentric areas of low TAWSS along the lateral wall of the MV. Virtual SB angioplasty resulted in a more concentric region of low TAWSS in the MV distal to the carina and along the lateral wall of the SB. The luminal surface exposed to low TAWSS was similar before and after virtual SB angioplasty (rest: 43% vs. 41%; hyperemia: 18% vs. 21%) and primarily due to stent-induced flow alterations. Sites of elevated OSI (>0.1) were minimal but more impacted by general vessel geometry established after MV stenting. FFR measured at a jailed SB was within the normal range despite angiographic stenosis of 54%. These findings indicate that the most commonly used percutaneous interventional strategy for a bifurcation lesion causes abnormal local hemodynamic conditions. These results may partially explain the high clinical event rates in bifurcation lesions.
Recommended Citation
Williams, Andrew R.; Koo, Bon-Kwon; Gundert, Timothy J.; Fitzgerald, Peter J.; and LaDisa, John F. Jr., "Local Hemodynamic Changes Caused by Main Branch Stent Implantation and Subsequent Side Branch Balloon Angioplasty in a Representative Coronary Bifurcation" (2010). Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications. 496.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bioengin_fac/496
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Comments
Accepted version. Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 109, No. 2 (August 2010): 532-540. DOI. © 2010 American Physiological Society. Used with permission.