Document Detail


Flow dynamics across end-to-end vascular bypass graft anastomoses.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8214816     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In this article, a numerical simulation of steady flow across an end-to-end vascular bypass graft anastomosis is presented. In vitro experiments were performed to determine the variations in the conduit cross section at the anastomosis. Penrose surgical drainage tubing was used to simulate an artery and was anastomosed with Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) vascular grafts using a continuous suturing technique. Artery to artery anastomosis was simulated by suturing two Penrose tubing segments. The anastomotic specimens were subject to static transmural pressure in the physiologic range to determine the instantaneous diameter and compliance as a function of the distance from the anastomotic site. The experimentally determined geometries were used to simulate steady flow through an end-to-end anastomosis using the finite analytic (FA) numerical solution technique. The results demonstrated a region of flow separation 2 mm distal to the Penrose tubing-Penrose tubing anastomosis (simulating an artery-artery anastomosis) at higher transmural pressures. Moreover, wall shear stresses increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing to the graft. In flow from the graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stresses were observed distal to the anastomosis. Flow separation was observed distal to the anastomosis at higher transmural pressures with uniform inlet velocity condition. The region of low shear stress in flow from PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing was located nearer to the anastomosis with thin wall grafts than that with standard wall thickness grafts. Our steady flow model studies suggest a correlation between regions of low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia in end-to-end anastomoses.
Authors:
Y H Kim; K B Chandran; T J Bower; J D Corson
Related Documents :
7810526 - Study of vascular access blood flow by angiodynography.
6710296 - Postoperative assessment of below-knee bypass grafts.
300556 - Effects of amyl nitrite on phasic aortocoronary bypass graft blood velocity in man.
3504346 - Hemodynamics of in situ vein bypass: the role of side branch fistulae.
11782756 - Preserved myocardial blood flow and oxygen supply-demand balance with active coronary p...
12967486 - Detecting bioterror attacks by screening blood donors: a best-case analysis.
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Annals of biomedical engineering     Volume:  21     ISSN:  0090-6964     ISO Abbreviation:  Ann Biomed Eng     Publication Date:    1993 Jul-Aug
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1993-11-04     Completed Date:  1993-11-04     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0361512     Medline TA:  Ann Biomed Eng     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  311-20     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anastomosis, Surgical
Animals
Arteries / pathology*,  physiology*,  surgery
Blood Pressure
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Compliance
Dogs
Endothelium, Vascular / pathology*
Hemodynamics*
Humans
Hyperplasia
Materials Testing
Mathematics
Models, Cardiovascular*
Polytetrafluoroethylene*
Postoperative Complications / etiology,  pathology*,  physiopathology,  prevention & control
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Failure
Rheology*
Stress, Mechanical
Suture Techniques
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
9002-84-0/Polytetrafluoroethylene

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Mobile species of the genus Aeromonas: difficulties of identification and pathogenicity
Next Document:  Modification of DiFrancesco-Noble equations to simulate the effects of vagal stimulation on in vivo ...