A novel non-invasive ultrasonic method to assess total axial stress of the common carotid artery wall in healthy and atherosclerotic men

In the present study, developing a new non-invasive method independent from blood flow, we estimated and compared the total axial stress of the common carotid artery wall in healthy and atherosclerotic subjects. Consecutive ultrasonic images of the common carotid artery of 48 male subjects including...

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Published in:Journal of biomechanics Vol. 48; no. 10; pp. 1860 - 1867
Main Authors: Soleimani, Effat, Mokhtari-Dizaji, Manijhe, Saberi, Hajir
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 16.07.2015
Elsevier Limited
Subjects:
Acceleration
Adult
Aged
Algorithms
Aorta - physiopathology
Arterial wall longitudinal movement
Arteries
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis - diagnostic imaging
Atherosclerosis - physiopathology
Axial stress
Biomechanical behavior
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease
Carotid arteries
Carotid Artery, Common - diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery, Common - physiopathology
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
Carotid Stenosis - diagnostic imaging
Carotid Stenosis - physiopathology
Healthy Volunteers
Hemodynamics
Humans
Hypertension
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Male
Mechanical properties
Middle Aged
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Pressure
Progressions
Shear strain
Stents
Stress, Mechanical
Studies
Time Factors
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonic testing
Ultrasonics
Ultrasound
Axial stress
Biomechanical behavior
Arterial wall longitudinal movement
Ultrasound
ISSN:0021-9290, 1873-2380
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Summary:In the present study, developing a new non-invasive method independent from blood flow, we estimated and compared the total axial stress of the common carotid artery wall in healthy and atherosclerotic subjects. Consecutive ultrasonic images of the common carotid artery of 48 male subjects including healthy, with less and more than 50% stenosis in carotid artery were recorded. Longitudinal displacement and acceleration was extracted from ultrasonic image processing using a block matching algorithm. Furthermore, images were examined using a maximum gradient algorithm and time rate changes of the internal diameter and intima-media thickness were extracted. Finally, axial stress was estimated using an appropriate constitutive equation. Statistical analysis results showed that with stenosis initiation and its progression, axial acceleration and stress increase significantly. According to the results of the present study, maximum axial stress of the arterial wall is 1.713±0.546, 1.993±0.731 and 2.610±0.603 (kPa) in normal, with less and more than 50% stenosis in carotid artery respectively. Whereas minimum axial stress is −1.714±0.676, −1.982±0.663 and −2.593±0.661 (kPa) in normal, with less and more than 50% stenosis in carotid artery respectively. Moreover, internal diameter and intima-media thickness of the artery also increase significantly with stenosis initiation and its progression. In this study, the feasibility of axial wall stress computation for human common carotid arteries based on non-invasive in vivo clinical data is concluded. We found a strong and graded association between axial stress and severity of carotid stenosis, which might be used to discriminate healthy from atherosclerotic arteries.
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ISSN:0021-9290
1873-2380
DOI:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.04.032