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Title
Shear stress metrics and their relation to atherosclerosis : an in vivo follow-up study in atherosclerotic mice
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Abstract
It is generally accepted that low and oscillatory wall shear stress favors the initiation and development of atherosclerosis. However, a quantitative analysis of the association between shear stress metrics at baseline and lesion prevalence at a later stage is challenging to perform in vivo on a within-subject basis. In this study, we assessed carotid hemodynamics and derived hemodynamic wall parameters from subject-specific fluidstructure interaction simulations in the left and right carotid arteries of 4 ApoE−/− mice prior to disease development. We then applied a point-by-point quantitative association (surrogate sample data analysis) between various established and more recent shear related parameters and the extent of macrophage infiltration at a later stage. We conclude that, for the atherosclerotic murine carotid bifurcation, (i) there is an association between hemodynamics and macrophage infiltration; (ii) this correlation is most apparent when assessed at the level of the entire carotid bifurcation; (iii) the strongest spatial correlation between hemodynamics and atherosclerosis development was found for the time averaged wall shear stress (negative correlation) and the relative residence time (positive correlation); (iv) aggregating the data leads to an overestimation of the correlation.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Annals of biomedical engineering. - New York, N.Y.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : 2016
ISSN
0090-6964
DOI
10.1007/S10439-015-1540-Z
Volume/pages
44 :8 (2016) , p. 2327-2338
ISI
000379511100001
Pubmed ID
26695938
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UAntwerpen
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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