Longitudinal computational fluid dynamics study of aneurysmal dilatation in a chronic DeBakey type III aortic dissection

• Published in: Journal of vascular surgery Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 260 - 263.e1
• Main Authors: Karmonik, Christof, Partovi, Sasan, Müller-Eschner, Matthias, Bismuth, Jean, Davies, Mark G., Shah, Dipan J., Loebe, Matthias, Böckler, Dittmar, Lumsden, Alan B., von Tengg-Kobligk, Hendrik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.07.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Algorithms; Aneurysm, Dissecting - physiopathology; Aortic Aneurysm - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Cardiology. Vascular system; Chronic Disease; Disease Progression; Diseases of the aorta; Humans; Hydrodynamics; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Vascular surgery: aorta, extremities, vena cava. Surgery of the lymphatic vessels; Arterial disease; Vascular disease; Chronic; Computational fluid dynamics; Dilatation; Surgery; Aortic dissection; Cardiovascular disease; Aortic disease

Computational fluid dynamics, which uses numeric methods and algorithms for the simulation of blood flow by solving the Navier-Stokes equations on computational meshes, is enhancing the understanding of disease progression in type III aortic dissections. To illustrate this, we examined the changes i...