TY  - JOUR
A1  - Andelovic, Kristina
A1  - Winter, Patrick
A1  - Kampf, Thomas
A1  - Xu, Anton
A1  - Jakob, Peter Michael
A1  - Herold, Volker
A1  - Bauer, Wolfgang Rudolf
A1  - Zernecke, Alma
T1  - 2D Projection Maps of WSS and OSI Reveal Distinct Spatiotemporal Changes in Hemodynamics in the Murine Aorta during Ageing and Atherosclerosis
T2  - Biomedicines
N2  - Growth, ageing and atherosclerotic plaque development alter the biomechanical forces acting on the vessel wall. However, monitoring the detailed local changes in wall shear stress (WSS) at distinct sites of the murine aortic arch over time has been challenging. Here, we studied the temporal and spatial changes in flow, WSS, oscillatory shear index (OSI) and elastic properties of healthy wildtype (WT, n = 5) and atherosclerotic apolipoprotein E-deficient (Apoe\(^{−/−}\), n = 6) mice during ageing and atherosclerosis using high-resolution 4D flow magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Spatially resolved 2D projection maps of WSS and OSI of the complete aortic arch were generated, allowing the pixel-wise statistical analysis of inter- and intragroup hemodynamic changes over time and local correlations between WSS, pulse wave velocity (PWV), plaque and vessel wall characteristics. The study revealed converse differences of local hemodynamic profiles in healthy WT and atherosclerotic Apoe\(^{−/−}\) mice, and we identified the circumferential WSS as potential marker of plaque size and composition in advanced atherosclerosis and the radial strain as a potential marker for vascular elasticity. Two-dimensional (2D) projection maps of WSS and OSI, including statistical analysis provide a powerful tool to monitor local aortic hemodynamics during ageing and atherosclerosis. The correlation of spatially resolved hemodynamics and plaque characteristics could significantly improve our understanding of the impact of hemodynamics on atherosclerosis, which may be key to understand plaque progression towards vulnerability.
KW  - atherosclerosis
KW  - mouse
KW  - 4D flow MRI
KW  - aortic arch
KW  - flow dynamics
KW  - WSS
KW  - mapping
KW  - PWV
KW  - plaque characteristics
Y1  - 2021
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25216
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-252164
SN  - 2227-9059
VL  - 9
IS  - 12
ER  -