Computer model and clinical relevance of abdominal aorta aneurysm with compliant nonlinear material wall

Abstract

In the abdominal segment of the human aorta under a patient's average resting conditions, pulsatile blood flow exhibits complex laminar patterns with secondary flows induced by adjacent branches and irregular vessel geometries. The hyperelastic material model of aorta wall should be taken into account. Prediction of influence of dynamic blood flow on natural history of aneurysmatic disease and outcome of therapeutic procedures could contribute to treatment strategy and results. In this study we examined fluid-structure interaction of pulsatile blood flow in the specific patient threedimensional model of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Numerical predictions of blood flow patterns and nonlinear wall stresses in AAAs are performed in compliant wall isotropic model using the finite element method. © 2010 IEEE.