Biomechanical analysis of wrapping of the moderately dilated ascending aorta

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Wojciech Kustrzycki¹  Przemyslaw Siedlaczek³  Andrzej Dumanski¹  Bartosz Rylski²  Tomasz Plonek¹ 

[1] Department of Cardiac Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, Wroclaw, 50-556, Poland;Heart Centre Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany;MESco, Gornicza 20A, 42-600, Tarnowskie Gory, Poland

关键词: Wrapping;    Aorta;    Aneurysm;   

Others  :  1224586
DOI  :  10.1186/s13019-015-0299-5

 received in 2015-03-23, accepted in 2015-06-19,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

External wrapping is a surgical method performed to prevent the dilatation of the aorta and to decrease the risk of its dissection and rupture. However, it is also believed to cause degeneration of the aortic wall. A biomechanical analysis was thus performed to assess the stress of the aortic wall subjected to external wrapping.

Methods

A stress analysis using the finite elements method was carried out on three models: a non-dilated aorta, a moderately dilated aorta and a wrapped aorta. The models were subjected to a pulsatile flow (120/80 mmHg) and a systolic aortic annulus motion of 11 mm.

Results

The finite elements analysis showed that the stress exerted on the outer surface of the ascending aorta in the wrapping model (0.05–0.8 MPa) was similar to that observed in the normal aorta (0.03–0.7 MPa) and was lower than in the model of a moderately dilated aorta (0.06–1.4 MPa). The stress on the inner surface of the ascending aorta ranged from 0.2 MPa to 0.4 MPa in the model of the normal aorta, from 0.3 to 1.3 MPa in the model of the dilated aorta and from 0.05 MPa to 0.4 MPa in the wrapping model.

Conclusions

The results of this study suggest that the aortic wall is subjected to similar stress following a wrapping procedure to the one present in the normal aorta.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Plonek et al.

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