Article ; Online: A multiscale framework for defining homeostasis in distal vascular trees: applications to the pulmonary circulation.
Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology
2023 Volume 22, Issue 3, Page(s) 971–986
Abstract: Pulmonary arteries constitute a low-pressure network of vessels, often characterized as a bifurcating tree with heterogeneous vessel mechanics. Understanding the vascular complexity and establishing homeostasis is important to study diseases such as ... ...
| Abstract | Pulmonary arteries constitute a low-pressure network of vessels, often characterized as a bifurcating tree with heterogeneous vessel mechanics. Understanding the vascular complexity and establishing homeostasis is important to study diseases such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The onset and early progression of PAH can be traced to changes in the morphometry and structure of the distal vasculature. Coupling hemodynamics with vessel wall growth and remodeling (G&R) is crucial for understanding pathology at distal vasculature. Accordingly, the goal of this study is to provide a multiscale modeling framework that embeds the essential features of arterial wall constituents coupled with the hemodynamics within an arterial network characterized by an extension of Murray's law. This framework will be used to establish the homeostatic baseline characteristics of a pulmonary arterial tree, including important parameters such as vessel radius, wall thickness and shear stress. To define the vascular homeostasis and hemodynamics in the tree, we consider two timescales: a cardiac cycle and a longer period of vascular adaptations. An iterative homeostatic optimization, which integrates a metabolic cost function minimization, the stress equilibrium, and hemodynamics, is performed at the slow timescale. In the fast timescale, the pulsatile blood flow dynamics is described by a Womersley's deformable wall analytical solution. Illustrative examples for symmetric and asymmetric trees are presented that provide baseline characteristics for the normal pulmonary arterial vasculature. The results are compared with diverse literature data on morphometry, structure, and mechanics of pulmonary arteries. The developed framework demonstrates a potential for advanced parametric studies and future G&R and hemodynamics modeling of PAH. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Pulmonary Circulation ; Hypertension, Pulmonary ; Hemodynamics ; Pulmonary Artery ; Homeostasis |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-03-14 |
| Publishing country | Germany |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2093052-5 |
| ISSN | 1617-7940 ; 1617-7959 |
| ISSN (online) | 1617-7940 |
| ISSN | 1617-7959 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10237-023-01693-7 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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