简介:Theconventionalbypassdesignistoimplantagraftonthestenosedhostarteryallowingbloodtoflowbypassthestenoticartery.However,restenosisisachallengingproblemwhichfinallyresultsinreoperation.Thepurposeofthispaperistoproposeanewbypassgraftdesignofcoronaryarterywithanassistantgraftforthetreatmentofcoronaryarterystenosis.AnadditionalassistantgraftwasemployedinthenewdesigncomparedwiththeconventionalETSanastomosis.Numericalsimulationswereperformedbymeansoffinitevolumemethodusingcomputationalfluiddynamics(CFD)solver.ResultsdemonstratedthatthenewanastomosesmodelprovidedamoresmoothflowatthedistalETSanastomosiswithoutanystagnationpointonanastomoticbedandvortexformationintheheelregion.Oscillatoryshearindex(OSI)andtime-averagedwallshearstressgradient(TAWSSG)atthearterybedofthedistalETSanastomosiswerereduced.Thecoronaryarterybypassgraftwithanassistantgraftisfeasibletoimprovethelocalhemodynamicsanddiminishtheprobabilityofrestenosisinthetreatmentofcoronaryarterystenosis.
简介:Therestenosisaftercoronaryarterybypassgraft(CABG)isattributedtotheformationofintimalhyperplasia(IH)attheanastomosis,whichiscloselyrelatedtohemodynamicdependonthegeometricmodel.Inordertogiveareasonableassessmentofthesurgeryeffectandjudgethelong-termpatencyrate,thehemodynamicofCABGsurgeryprogramiscomparedwiththatofsurgerydesignofthejunctionanglechanged.Basedonin-vivoCTcoronaryangiographydatasets,theindividualgeometricmodelofCABGreconstructedinsteadofidealizedgeometricmodelsareappliedtosimulatetherealphysiologicalbloodflowutilizingpulsatileflowboundarywaveformsinthepresentstudy.Thesimulationresultsshowthatthemaximumwallshearrate(WSS)valueisatthebottomofanastomosis.Moreover,thestagnationzonegrowinggraduallywiththegreaterangledownstreamtheanastomosisispronetoformtheIH,whichisconsistentwithclinicalobservation.Itisprovedthatthesurgerybeingbettersuitedtomaintaingraftpatencyissuccessful.
简介:Theresearchgroupwassuccessfulingeneratingavasculargraftwithbiomimeticcircumferentialtensilestrengthandexpressionofsmoothmusclecellspecificgenesoverstaticculture.