Effects of age-associated regional changes in aortic stiffness on human hemodynamics revealed by computational modeling.
Although considered by many as the gold standard clinical measure of arterial stiffness, carotid-to-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV) averages material and geometric properties over a large portion of the central arterial tree. Given that such properties may evolve differentially as a function of...
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| author | Federica Cuomo Sara Roccabianca Desmond Dillon-Murphy Nan Xiao Jay D Humphrey C Alberto Figueroa |
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| description | Although considered by many as the gold standard clinical measure of arterial stiffness, carotid-to-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV) averages material and geometric properties over a large portion of the central arterial tree. Given that such properties may evolve differentially as a function of region in cases of hypertension and aging, among other conditions, there is a need to evaluate the potential utility of cf-PWV as an early diagnostic of progressive vascular stiffening. In this paper, we introduce a data-driven fluid-solid-interaction computational model of the human aorta to simulate effects of aging-related changes in regional wall properties (e.g., biaxial material stiffness and wall thickness) and conduit geometry (e.g., vessel caliber, length, and tortuosity) on several metrics of arterial stiffness, including distensibility, augmented pulse pressure, and cyclic changes in stored elastic energy. Using the best available biomechanical data, our results for PWV compare well to findings reported for large population studies while rendering a higher resolution description of evolving local and global metrics of aortic stiffening. Our results reveal similar spatio-temporal trends between stiffness and its surrogate metrics, except PWV, thus indicating a complex dependency of the latter on geometry. Lastly, our analysis highlights the importance of the tethering exerted by external tissues, which was iteratively estimated until hemodynamic simulations recovered typical values of tissue properties, pulse pressure, and PWV for each age group. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2c4dd8c4cbc8440dabe942ef2dc92c7c2025-08-20T03:24:29ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01123e017317710.1371/journal.pone.0173177Effects of age-associated regional changes in aortic stiffness on human hemodynamics revealed by computational modeling.Federica CuomoSara RoccabiancaDesmond Dillon-MurphyNan XiaoJay D HumphreyC Alberto FigueroaAlthough considered by many as the gold standard clinical measure of arterial stiffness, carotid-to-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV) averages material and geometric properties over a large portion of the central arterial tree. Given that such properties may evolve differentially as a function of region in cases of hypertension and aging, among other conditions, there is a need to evaluate the potential utility of cf-PWV as an early diagnostic of progressive vascular stiffening. In this paper, we introduce a data-driven fluid-solid-interaction computational model of the human aorta to simulate effects of aging-related changes in regional wall properties (e.g., biaxial material stiffness and wall thickness) and conduit geometry (e.g., vessel caliber, length, and tortuosity) on several metrics of arterial stiffness, including distensibility, augmented pulse pressure, and cyclic changes in stored elastic energy. Using the best available biomechanical data, our results for PWV compare well to findings reported for large population studies while rendering a higher resolution description of evolving local and global metrics of aortic stiffening. Our results reveal similar spatio-temporal trends between stiffness and its surrogate metrics, except PWV, thus indicating a complex dependency of the latter on geometry. Lastly, our analysis highlights the importance of the tethering exerted by external tissues, which was iteratively estimated until hemodynamic simulations recovered typical values of tissue properties, pulse pressure, and PWV for each age group.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0173177&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Federica Cuomo Sara Roccabianca Desmond Dillon-Murphy Nan Xiao Jay D Humphrey C Alberto Figueroa Effects of age-associated regional changes in aortic stiffness on human hemodynamics revealed by computational modeling. PLoS ONE |
| title | Effects of age-associated regional changes in aortic stiffness on human hemodynamics revealed by computational modeling. |
| title_full | Effects of age-associated regional changes in aortic stiffness on human hemodynamics revealed by computational modeling. |
| title_fullStr | Effects of age-associated regional changes in aortic stiffness on human hemodynamics revealed by computational modeling. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of age-associated regional changes in aortic stiffness on human hemodynamics revealed by computational modeling. |
| title_short | Effects of age-associated regional changes in aortic stiffness on human hemodynamics revealed by computational modeling. |
| title_sort | effects of age associated regional changes in aortic stiffness on human hemodynamics revealed by computational modeling |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0173177&type=printable |
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