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Pulsatile blood flow in the entire coronary arterial tree: theory and experiment

Pulsatile blood flow in the entire coronary arterial tree: theory and experiment The pulsatility of coronary circulation can be accurately simulated on the basis of the measured branching pattern, vascular geometry, and material properties of the coronary vasculature. A Womersley-type mathematical model is developed to analyze pulsatile blood flow in diastole in the absence of vessel tone in the entire coronary arterial tree on the basis of previously measured morphometric data. The model incorporates a constitutive equation of pressure and cross-section area relation based on our previous experimental data. The formulation enables the prediction of the impedance, the pressure distribution, and the pulsatile flow distribution throughout the entire coronary arterial tree. The model is validated by experimental measurements in six diastolic arrested, vasodilated porcine hearts. The agreement between theory and experiment is excellent. Furthermore, the present pulse wave results at low frequency agree very well with previously published steady-state model. Finally, the phase angle of flow is seen to decrease along the trunk of the major coronary artery and primary branches toward the capillary vessels. This study represents the first, most extensive validated analysis of Womersley-type pulse wave transmission in the entire coronary arterial tree down to the first segment of capillaries. The present model will serve to quantitatively test various hypotheses in the coronary circulation under pulsatile flow conditions. pulse wave transmission; Womersley's method; impedance; admittance; Fourier transform Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: G. S. Kassab, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology, SL-174, Indiana Univ. Purdue Univ. Indianapolis, 723 Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN 46202 (e-mail: gkassab@iupui.edu ) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology The American Physiological Society

Pulsatile blood flow in the entire coronary arterial tree: theory and experiment

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The American Physiological Society
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Copyright © 2011 the American Physiological Society
ISSN
0363-6135
eISSN
1522-1539
DOI
10.1152/ajpheart.00200.2006
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16617137
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Abstract

The pulsatility of coronary circulation can be accurately simulated on the basis of the measured branching pattern, vascular geometry, and material properties of the coronary vasculature. A Womersley-type mathematical model is developed to analyze pulsatile blood flow in diastole in the absence of vessel tone in the entire coronary arterial tree on the basis of previously measured morphometric data. The model incorporates a constitutive equation of pressure and cross-section area relation based on our previous experimental data. The formulation enables the prediction of the impedance, the pressure distribution, and the pulsatile flow distribution throughout the entire coronary arterial tree. The model is validated by experimental measurements in six diastolic arrested, vasodilated porcine hearts. The agreement between theory and experiment is excellent. Furthermore, the present pulse wave results at low frequency agree very well with previously published steady-state model. Finally, the phase angle of flow is seen to decrease along the trunk of the major coronary artery and primary branches toward the capillary vessels. This study represents the first, most extensive validated analysis of Womersley-type pulse wave transmission in the entire coronary arterial tree down to the first segment of capillaries. The present model will serve to quantitatively test various hypotheses in the coronary circulation under pulsatile flow conditions. pulse wave transmission; Womersley's method; impedance; admittance; Fourier transform Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: G. S. Kassab, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology, SL-174, Indiana Univ. Purdue Univ. Indianapolis, 723 Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN 46202 (e-mail: gkassab@iupui.edu )

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AJP - Heart and Circulatory PhysiologyThe American Physiological Society

Published: Sep 1, 2006

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