Influence of tear configuration on false and true lumen haemodynamics in type B aortic dissection

Paula A Rudenick; Maurizio Bordone; Bart H Bijnens; Eduardo Soudah; Eugenio Onate; David Garcia-Dorado; Arturo Evangelista

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626689

Influence of tear configuration on false and true lumen haemodynamics in type B aortic dissection

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010:2010:2509-12. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626689.

Authors

Paula A Rudenick¹, Maurizio Bordone, Bart H Bijnens, Eduardo Soudah, Eugenio Onate, David Garcia-Dorado, Arturo Evangelista

Affiliation

¹ Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 21096433
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626689

Abstract

The management and follow-up of chronic type B aortic dissections continues being a clinical challenge. Patients with chronic type B dissection have high mid/long term mortality mainly due to progressive aortic dilatation and subsequent rupture.

MeSH terms

Aortic Aneurysm / pathology
Aortic Aneurysm / physiopathology*
Aortic Dissection / pathology
Aortic Dissection / physiopathology*
Blood Pressure / physiology
Cardiology / methods
Computer Simulation
Hemodynamics
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Models, Anatomic
Models, Theoretical
Pressure
Software
Stress, Mechanical
Time Factors