Geometric design improvements for femoral graft-artery junctions mitigating restenosis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1605-1614

  Lei, M ^a   Kleinstreuer, C ^a   Archie Jr , J P ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

End to side anastomoses; Hemodynamics; Restenosis; Shear stress gradient

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CALCULATIONS; CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GEOMETRY; GRAFTS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

ANASTOMOSES; ARTERY BYPASS; FEMORAL GRAFT ARTERY JUNCTIONS; RESTENOSIS; SHEAR STRESS GRADIENTS;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEMORAL ARTERY; GEOMETRY; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0030560624     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(96)80012-1     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Barbee, K. A., Davies, P. F. and Lal, R. (1994) Shear stress-induced reorganization of the surface topography of living endothelial cell imaged by amotic force microscopy. Circ. Res. 74, 163-171.
2. Bassiouny, H. S., White, S., Glagov, S., Choi, E., Giddens, D. P. and Zarins, C. K. (1992) Anastomotic intimal hyperplasia: mechanical injury or flow induced. J. Vasc. Surg. 15, 708-17.
3. Chervu, A. and Moore, W. S. (1990) An overview of intimal hyperplasia. Surg. Gyn. Obstet. 171, 433-447.
4. Clowes, A. W., Gown, A. M., Hanson, S. R. and Reidy, M. A. (1985) Mechanisms of arterial graft failure: role of cellular proliferation in early healing of PTFE prostheses. Am. J. Pathol. 118, 43-54.
5. Davies, P. F. and Tripathi, S. C. (1993) Mechanical stress mechanisms and the cell: an endothelial paradigm. Circ. Res. 72, 239-245.
6. DePaola, N., Gimbrone, Jr, M. A., Davies, P. F. and Dewey, Jr, C. F. (1992) Vascular endothelium responds to fluid shear stress gradients. Arterioscler. Thromb. 12, 1254-1257.
7. Dilley, R. J., McGeoachie, J. K. and Prendergast, F. J. (1988) A review on the histologic changes in vein-to-artery grafts, with particular reference to intimal hyperplasia. Arch. Surg. 123, 691-696.
8. Fei, D.-Y., Thomas, J. D. and Rittgers, S. E. (1994) The effect of angle and flow rate upon hemodynamics in distal vascular graft anastomoses: a numerical model study. J. Biomech. Engng 116, 331-336.
9. Friedman, M. H. and Fry, D. L. (1993) Arterial permeability dynamics and vascular disease. Atherosclerosis 104, 189-194.
10. Kleinstreuer, C. (1996) Engineering Fluid Dynamics - An Interdisciplinary Systems Approach. Cambridge University Press, NY.
11. Kleinstreuer, C., Nazemi, M. and Archie, Jr, J. P. (1991) Hemodynamics analyses of a stenosed carotid bifurcation and its plaque-mitigating design. ASME J. Biomech. Engng 113, 330-335.
12. Kusaba, A., Kina, M., Watanabe, T., Furuyama, M., Okadome, K., Muto, Y., Kamori, M. and Inokuchi, K. (1981) Ultrasonic flow wave pattern as a prognostic indicator in peripheral arterial reconstruction. Jpn. J. Surg. 11, 232-237.
13. Lei, M. (1995) Computational fluid dynamics and optimal design of bifurcating blood vessels. Ph.D. thesis, MAE Department, NCSU, Raleigh, NC.
14. Lei, M., Kleinstreuer, C. and Truskey, G. A. (1995) Numerical investigation and prediction of atherogenic sites in branching arteries. ASME J. biomech. Engng 117, 350-357.
15. Merrill, E. W. (1968) Rheology of blood. Physiol. Rev. 49, 863-888.
16. Miwa, H., Matsude, T., Tami, N., Kondo, K. and Iida, F. (1993) An in vitro endothelialized compliant vascular graft minimizes anastomotic hyperplasia. ASAIO J. 39, 501-505.
17. Nazemi, M., Kleinstreuer, C., Archie, J. P. and Sorrell, F. Y. (1989) Fluid flow and plaque formation in an aortic bifurcation. ASME J. Biomech. Engng 111, 316-324.
18. Ojha, M. (1993) Spatial and temporal variations of wall shear stress within an-end-to-side arterial anastomosis model. J. Biomechanics 26, 1377-1388.
19. Painter, T. A. (1991) Myointimal hyperplasia: pathogenesis and implications. Artif. Organs 15, 103-118.
20. Patankar, S. V. (1980) Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow. Hemisphere, Washington.
21. Ross, R. (1986) The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis an update. New Engl. J. Med. 314, 488-500.
22. Satcher, R. L., Bussolari, S. R., Gimbrone, M. A., Dewey, C. F. (1992) The distribution of fluid forces on model arterial endothelium using computational fluid dynamics. J. Biomech. Engng 114, 309-316.
23. Satcher, Jr, R. L. and Dewey, Jr, C. F. (1991) The distribution of fluid forces on arterial endothelial cells. 1991 Advances in Bioengineering ASME, Vol. 20, pp. 595-598.
24. Sottiurai, V. S., Yao, J. S. T., Batson, R. C., Sue, S. L., Jones, R. and Nakamura, Y. A. (1989) Distal anastomotic intimal hyperplasia: histopathologic character and biogenesis. Ann. Vasc. Surg. 3, 26-33.
25. Staalsen, N.-H., Ulrich, M., Winther, J., Pederson, E. M., How, T. and Nygaard, H. (1995) The anastomosis angle does change the flow fields at vascular end-to-side anastomoses in vivo. J. Vasc. Surg. 21, 460-471.
26. Taylor, R. S., Loh, A., McFarland, R. J., Cox, M. and Chester, J. F. (1992) Improved techniques for PTFE bypass grafting: long-term results using anastomatic vein patches. Br. J. Surg. 79, 348-354.
27. White, S. S., Zarins, C. K., Giddens, D. P., Bassiouny, H., Loth, F., Jones, S. A. and Glagov, S. (1993) Hemodynamic patterns in two models of end-to-side vascular graft anastomoses: effects of pulsatility, flow division, Reynolds number, and hood length. ASME J. Biomech. 115, 104-111.