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Article: Spontaneous Extension Wave for In Vivo Assessment of Arterial Wall Anisotropy
Title | Spontaneous Extension Wave for In Vivo Assessment of Arterial Wall Anisotropy |
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Authors | |
Keywords | arterial anisotropy longitudinal displacement pulse wave stiffness ultrasound |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | American Physiological Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://intl-ajpheart.physiology.org/ |
Citation | American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2021, v. 320 n. 6, p. H2429-H2437 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Another type of natural wave, traced from longitudinal wall motion and propagation along the artery, is observed in our in vivo human carotid artery experiments. We coin it as extension wave (EW) and hypothesize that EW velocity (EWV) is associated with arterial longitudinal stiffness. The EW is thus assumed to complement the pulse wave (PW), whose velocity (PWV) is tracked from the radial wall displacement and linked to arterial circumferential stiffness through the Moens–Korteweg equation, as indicators for arterial mechanical anisotropy quantification by noninvasive high-frame-rate ultrasound. The relationship between directional arterial stiffnesses and the two natural wave speeds was investigated in wave theory, finite-element simulations based on isotropic and anisotropic arterial models, and in vivo human common carotid artery (n = 10) experiments. Excellent agreement between the theory and simulations showed that EWV was 2.57 and 1.03 times higher than PWV in an isotropic and an anisotropic carotid artery model, respectively, whereas in vivo EWV was consistently lower than PWV in all 10 healthy human subjects. A strong linear correlation was substantiated in vivo between EWV and arterial longitudinal stiffness quantified by a well-validated vascular-guided wave imaging technique (VGWI). We thereby proposed a novel index calculated as EWV2/PWV2 as an alternative to assess arterial mechanical anisotropy. Simulations and in vivo results corroborated the effect of mechanical anisotropy on the propagation of spontaneous waves along the arterial wall. The proposed anisotropy index demonstrated the feasibility of the concurrent EW and PW imaged by high frame-rate ultrasound in grading of arterial wall anisotropy.
NEW & NOTEWORTHY An extension wave formed by longitudinal wall displacements was observed by high-frame-rate ultrasound in the human common carotid artery in vivo. A strong correlation between extension wave velocity and arterial longitudinal stiffness complements the well-established pulse wave, which is linked to circumferential stiffness, to noninvasively assess direction-dependent wall elasticity of the major artery. The proposed anisotropy index, which directly reflects arterial wall microstructure and function, might be a potential risk factor for screening (sub-) clinical cardiovascular diseases. |
Description | Bronze open access |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/299723 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.452 |
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dc.contributor.author | RAN, D | - |
dc.contributor.author | DONG, J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, H | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, W | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-26T03:28:10Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-05-26T03:28:10Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2021, v. 320 n. 6, p. H2429-H2437 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0363-6135 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/299723 | - |
dc.description | Bronze open access | - |
dc.description.abstract | Another type of natural wave, traced from longitudinal wall motion and propagation along the artery, is observed in our in vivo human carotid artery experiments. We coin it as extension wave (EW) and hypothesize that EW velocity (EWV) is associated with arterial longitudinal stiffness. The EW is thus assumed to complement the pulse wave (PW), whose velocity (PWV) is tracked from the radial wall displacement and linked to arterial circumferential stiffness through the Moens–Korteweg equation, as indicators for arterial mechanical anisotropy quantification by noninvasive high-frame-rate ultrasound. The relationship between directional arterial stiffnesses and the two natural wave speeds was investigated in wave theory, finite-element simulations based on isotropic and anisotropic arterial models, and in vivo human common carotid artery (n = 10) experiments. Excellent agreement between the theory and simulations showed that EWV was 2.57 and 1.03 times higher than PWV in an isotropic and an anisotropic carotid artery model, respectively, whereas in vivo EWV was consistently lower than PWV in all 10 healthy human subjects. A strong linear correlation was substantiated in vivo between EWV and arterial longitudinal stiffness quantified by a well-validated vascular-guided wave imaging technique (VGWI). We thereby proposed a novel index calculated as EWV2/PWV2 as an alternative to assess arterial mechanical anisotropy. Simulations and in vivo results corroborated the effect of mechanical anisotropy on the propagation of spontaneous waves along the arterial wall. The proposed anisotropy index demonstrated the feasibility of the concurrent EW and PW imaged by high frame-rate ultrasound in grading of arterial wall anisotropy. NEW & NOTEWORTHY An extension wave formed by longitudinal wall displacements was observed by high-frame-rate ultrasound in the human common carotid artery in vivo. A strong correlation between extension wave velocity and arterial longitudinal stiffness complements the well-established pulse wave, which is linked to circumferential stiffness, to noninvasively assess direction-dependent wall elasticity of the major artery. The proposed anisotropy index, which directly reflects arterial wall microstructure and function, might be a potential risk factor for screening (sub-) clinical cardiovascular diseases. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | American Physiological Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://intl-ajpheart.physiology.org/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology | - |
dc.subject | arterial anisotropy | - |
dc.subject | longitudinal displacement | - |
dc.subject | pulse wave | - |
dc.subject | stiffness | - |
dc.subject | ultrasound | - |
dc.title | Spontaneous Extension Wave for In Vivo Assessment of Arterial Wall Anisotropy | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lee, W: wnlee@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lee, W=rp01663 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1152/ajpheart.00756.2020 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 33961508 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85108025885 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 322522 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 320 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | H2429 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | H2437 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000661571800021 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |