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Mechanical buckling of artery under pulsatile pressure.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22356844     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Tortuosity that often occurs in carotid and other arteries has been shown to be associated with high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, and other diseases. However the mechanisms of tortuosity development are not clear. Our previous studies have suggested that arteries buckling could be a possible mechanism for the initiation of tortuous shape but artery buckling under pulsatile flow condition has not been fully studied. The objectives of this study were to determine the artery critical buckling pressure under pulsatile pressure both experimentally and theoretically, and to elucidate the relationship of critical pressures under pulsatile flow, steady flow, and static pressure. We first tested the buckling pressures of porcine carotid arteries under these loading conditions, and then proposed a nonlinear elastic artery model to examine the buckling pressures under pulsatile pressure conditions. Experimental results showed that under pulsatile pressure arteries buckled when the peak pressures were approximately equal to the critical buckling pressures under static pressure. This was also confirmed by model simulations at low pulse frequencies. Our results provide an effective tool to predict artery buckling pressure under pulsatile pressure.
Authors:
Qin Liu; Hai-Chao Han
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Publication Detail:
Type:  In Vitro; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.     Date:  2012-02-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of biomechanics     Volume:  45     ISSN:  1873-2380     ISO Abbreviation:  J Biomech     Publication Date:  2012 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-04-16     Completed Date:  2012-08-09     Revised Date:  2013-05-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0157375     Medline TA:  J Biomech     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1192-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Arteries / physiology*
Biomechanics
Blood Pressure / physiology
Carotid Arteries / physiology
Computer Simulation
Elasticity
Humans
Models, Cardiovascular*
Nonlinear Dynamics
Pulsatile Flow / physiology
Sus scrofa
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 HL095852/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL095852-01A1/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL095852-02/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01HL095852/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS

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