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ArticleStroke (Hoboken, N.J.)2023

Image-derived Metrics Quantifying Hemodynamic Instability Predicted Growth of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms.

Hong-Ho Yang, James Sayre, Huy Dinh, Kambiz Nael, Geoffrey Colby, Anthony Wang, Pablo Villablanca, Noriko Salamon, Aichi Chien

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Article in Stroke (Hoboken, N.J.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hong-Ho YangDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Radiology, Los Angeles, California, USA.
James SayreDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Radiology, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Huy DinhDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Radiology, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Kambiz NaelDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Radiology, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Geoffrey ColbyDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Anthony WangDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Pablo VillablancaDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Radiology, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Noriko SalamonDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Radiology, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Aichi ChienDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Radiology, Los Angeles, California, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Investigation of arterial changes in the Circle of Willis during intracranial aneurysm growth in humansR01HL152270 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CHIEN, AICHI · 2020 to 2024
$3.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL152270
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: While image-derived predictors of intracranial aneurysm (IA) rupture have been well-explored, current understanding of IA growth is limited. Pulsatility index (PI) and wall shear stress pulsatility index (WSSPI) are important metrics measuring temporal hemodynamic instability. However, they have not been investigated in IA growth research. The present study seeks to verify reliable predictors of IA growth with comparative analyses of several important morphological and hemodynamic metrics between stable and growing cases among a group of unruptured IAs. Methods: Using 3D images, vascular models of 16 stable and 20 growing cases were constructed and verified using Geodesic techniques. With an overall mean follow-up period of 25 months, cases exhibiting a 10% or higher increase in diameter were considered growing. Patient-specific, pulsatile simulations were performed, and hemodynamic calculations were computed at 5 important regions of each aneurysm (inflow artery, aneurysm neck, body, dome, and outflow artery). Index values were compared between growing and stable IAs using ANCOVA controlling for aneurysm diameter. Stepwise multiple logistic regression and ROC analyses were conducted to investigate predictive models of IA growth. Results: Compared to stable IAs, growing IAs exhibited significantly higher intrasaccular PI, intrasaccular WSSPI, intrasaccular spatial flow rate deviation, and intrasaccular spatial wall shear stress (WSS) deviation. Stepwise logistic regression analysis revealed a significant predictive model involving PI at aneurysm body, WSSPI at inflow artery, and WSSPI at aneurysm body. Conclusions: Our results showed that high degree of hemodynamic variations within IAs is linked to growth, even after controlling for morphological parameters. Further, evaluation of PI in conjunction with WSSPI yielded a highly accurate predictive model of IA growth. Upon validation in future cohorts, these metrics may aid in early identification of IA growth and current understanding of IA remodeling mechanism.

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Computation Fluid DynamicsHemodynamic ImbalanceIntracranial Aneurysm GrowthPulsatility IndexSize RatioWall Shear Stress Pulsatility Index

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PMID37090136
PMCPMC10118203
OpenAlexW4293748172

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