The effect of external forces on axial arterial wall mechanics has conventionally been regarded as secondary to hemodynamic influences. However, arteries are similar to muscles in terms of the manner in which they traverse joints, and their three-dimensional geometrical requirements for joint motion. This study considers axial arterial shortening and elongation due to motion of the lower extrem...

In this paper, the pulsatile flow of blood through an inclined catheterized stenosed artery is analyzed. Perturbation method is used to solve the implicit system of partial differential equations with suitable boundary conditions. Various analytical expressions axial velocity, flow rate, wall shear stress and effective viscosity have been derived with the help of MATLAB for understanding the fl...

The detailed mechanical properties of various layers of the coronary artery are important for understanding the function of the vessel. The present article is focused on the determination of the incremental modulus in different layers and directions in the neighborhood of the in vivo state. The incremental modulus can be defined for any material subjected to a large deformation if small perturb...

The pulsatile blood flow in an eccentric catheterized artery is studied numerically by making use of an extended version of the fast algorithm of Borges and Daripa [Jour. Comput. Phys., 2001]. The mathematical model involves the usual assumptions that the arterial segment is straight, the arterial wall is rigid and impermeable, blood is an incompressible Newtonian fluid, and the flow is fully d...

The aim of this paper is to study the effect of slip velocity and shape of stenosis on non-Newtonian flow of blood through a stenosed arterial segment. Blood is modeled as Bingham-Plastic fluid in a uniform circular tube with a radially non-symmetric stenosis. The problem is investigated by a joint effort of analytical and numerical techniques. The influence of stenosis shape parameter, slip ve...

Introduction Vascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability in the United States. A great deal of evidence shows that atherosclerotic plaque components are a decisive factor determining plaque vulnerability. The rapid development of high resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology has enabled the use of gadolinium-based contrast enhanced post contrast T1-weighted image...

Fig. 1. Multi-slice ECG-gated CT scan (slice thickness, 1.25 mm). (A) Contrast enhanced axial image, the right pulmonary artery was completely occluded by a mass (arrowhead). Endovascular component and extension into the surrounding pulmonary parenchyma were well shown. (B) 3D volume-rendered reconstruction (oblique view) shows the extension (arrowheads) and bronchial artery hypertrophy (arrows...

PURPOSE To evaluate displacement and bending of the renal arteries during respiration. METHODS Seven men (mean age 59+/-7 years, range 54-71) were imaged with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). Two phases of the MRA were acquired during separate normal inspiration and expiration breath-holds. Displacement of the kidneys and renal ostia and changes in renal branch angle we...

PURPOSE To quantify the detectability of peripheral artery stenosis on hybrid CT angiography (CTA) reformations. METHODS Hybrid reformations were developed by combining multipath curved planar reformations (mpCPR) and maximum intensity projections (MIP). Fifty peripheral CTAs were evaluated twice: either with MIP, mpCPR and axial images or with hybrid reformations only. Digital subtraction an...

OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE Gangliogliomas are intra-axial, avascular masses located predominantly in the temporal lobe. A ganglioglioma that mimics a meningioma in that it is extra-axial and has a significant extracranial vascular supply has not been reported previously. CLINICAL PRESENTATION A 12-year-old girl presented with a right temporoparietal mass. A neurological examination revealed not...