Age and gender related differences in aortic blood flow
Publication: Research - peer-review › Article in proceedings – Annual report year: 2012
The abdominal aorta (AA) is predisposed to development of abdominal aneurysms (AAA), a focal dilatation
of the artery with fatal consequences if left untreated. The blood flow patterns in the AA is thought to play
an important role in the development of AAA. The purpose of this work is to investigate the blood flow pat-
terns within a group of healthy volunteers (4 females, 7 males) aged 23 to 76 years to identify changes and
differences related to age and gender. The healthy volunteers were categorized by gender (male/female) and age
(below/above 35 years). Subject-specific flow and geometry data were acquired using the research interface on
a medical ultrasound scanner and segmentation of 3D magnetic resonance angiography respectively. The largest
average diameter was among the elderly males (19.7 (± 1.33) mm) and smallest among the young females (12.4
(± 0.605) mm). The highest peak systolic velocity was in the young female group (1.02 (± 0.336) m/s) and
lowest in the elderly male group (0.836 (± 0.127) m/s). A geometrical change with age was observed as the AA
becomes more bended with age. This also affects the blood flow velocity patterns, which are markedly different
from young to elderly. Thus, changes in blood flow patterns in the AA related to age and gender is observed.
Further investigations are needed to determine the relation between changes in blood flow patterns and AAA
development.
| Original language | English |
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| Title | Proceedings of SPIE |
| Editors | Johan G. Bosch, Marvin M. Doyley |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 8320 |
| Publisher | SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published |
Conference
| Conference | SPIE Medical Imaging |
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| City | San Diego, CA, USA |
| Period | 01-01-12 → … |
| Citations | Web of Science® Times Cited: 0 |
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Keywords
- Abdominal aorta, Magnetic resonance angiography, Spectral measurements, Aneurysms, Blood flow estimation
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