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- Grytsan, Andrii, et al.
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Growth Description for Vessel Wall Adaptation : A Thick-Walled Mixture Model of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Evolution
- 2017
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Ingår i: Materials. - : MDPI AG. - 1996-1944. ; 10:9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- (1) Background: Vascular tissue seems to adapt towards stable homeostatic mechanical conditions, however, failure of reaching homeostasis may result in pathologies. Current vascular tissue adaptation models use many ad hoc assumptions, the implications of which are far from being fully understood; (2) Methods: The present study investigates the plausibility of different growth kinematics in modeling Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) evolution in time. A structurally motivated constitutive description for the vessel wall is coupled to multi-constituent tissue growth descriptions; Constituent deposition preserved either the constituent's density or its volume, and Isotropic Volume Growth (IVG), in-Plane Volume Growth (PVG), in-Thickness Volume Growth (TVG) and No Volume Growth (NVG) describe the kinematics of the growing vessel wall. The sensitivity of key modeling parameters is explored, and predictions are assessed for their plausibility; (3) Results: AAA development based on TVG and NVG kinematics provided not only quantitatively, but also qualitatively different results compared to IVG and PVG kinematics. Specifically, for IVG and PVG kinematics, increasing collagen mass production accelerated AAA expansion which seems counterintuitive. In addition, TVG and NVG kinematics showed less sensitivity to the initial constituent volume fractions, than predictions based on IVG and PVG; (4) Conclusions: The choice of tissue growth kinematics is of crucial importance when modeling AAA growth. Much more interdisciplinary experimental work is required to develop and validate vascular tissue adaption models, before such models can be of any practical use.
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- Grytsan, Andrii, 1986-, et al.
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Growth description for vessel wall adaptation : a thick-walled mixture model of abdominal aortic aneurysm evolution
- 2016
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Modeling the soft tissue volumetric growth has received considerable attention in the literature.However, due to the lack of experimental observations, the growth kinematics, that are reported in the literature, are based on a number of assumptions.The present study tested the plausibility of different growth descriptions when applied to the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) evolution.A structurally motivated material model and the multi-constituent tissue growth descriptions were utilized. The mass increment of the individual constituents preserved either the density or the volume.Four different growth descriptions were tested, namely isotropic (IVG), in-plane (PVG), in-thickness (TVG) growth and no volume growth (NVG) models.Based on the model sensitivity to the increased collagen deposition, TVG and NVG models were found to be plausible scenarios, while IVG and PVG were found to be implausible. In addition, TVG and NVG models were less sensitive to the initial constituent volume fractions, than IVG and PVG models.In conclusion, the choice of the growth kinematics is of crucial importance when modeling the AAA growth and remodeling, and,probably, also for other soft biological tissues.
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