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Aortic valve-mediated wall shear stress is heterogeneous and predicts regional aortic elastic fiber thinning in bicuspid aortic valve-associated aortopathy. / Bollache, Emilie; Guzzardi, David G.; Sattari, Samaneh et al.
In: Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Vol. 156, No. 6, 2018, p. 2112-2120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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T1 - Aortic valve-mediated wall shear stress is heterogeneous and predicts regional aortic elastic fiber thinning in bicuspid aortic valve-associated aortopathy
AU - Bollache, Emilie
AU - Guzzardi, David G.
AU - Sattari, Samaneh
AU - Olsen, Katherine E.
AU - di Martino, Elena S.
AU - Malaisrie, S. Chris
AU - van Ooij, Pim
AU - Collins, Jeremy
AU - Carr, James
AU - McCarthy, Patrick M.
AU - Markl, Michael
AU - Barker, Alex J.
AU - Fedak, Paul W. M.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Objectives: The objectives of this study were to investigate an association between the magnitude of flow-mediated aortic wall shear stress (WSS) and medial wall histopathology in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) with aortopathy. Methods: Patients with BAV (n = 27; 52 ± 15 years; 3 women; proximal thoracic aorta diameter = 4.4 ± 0.7 and 4.6 ± 0.5 cm) who underwent prophylactic aortic resection received preoperative 3-dimensional time-resolved phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging with 3-dimensional velocity encoding to quantify WSS relative to a population of healthy age- and sex-matched tricuspid aortic valve control participants (n = 20). Quantitative histopathology was conducted on BAV aorta tissue samples resected at surgery (n = 93), and correlation was performed between elastic fiber thickness and in vivo aortic WSS as continuous variables. Validation of elastic fiber thickness was achieved by correlation relative to tissue stiffness determined using biaxial biomechanical testing (n = 22 samples). Results: Elastic fibers were thinner and WSS was higher along the greater curvature compared with other circumferential regions (vs anterior wall: P =.003 and P =.0001, respectively; lesser curvature: both P =.001). Increased regional WSS was associated with decreased elastic fiber thickness (r = −0.25; P =.02). Patient stratification with subanalysis showed an increase in the correlation between WSS and histopathology with aortic valve stenosis (r = −0.36; P =.002) and smaller aortic diameters (<4.5 cm: r = −0.39; P =.03). Elastic fiber thinning was associated with circumferential stiffness (r = −0.41; P =.06). Conclusions: For patients with BAV, increased aortic valve-mediated WSS is significantly associated with elastic fiber thinning, particularly with aortic valve stenosis and in earlier stages of aortopathy. Elastic fiber thinning correlates with impaired tissue biomechanics. These novel findings further implicate valve-mediated hemodynamics in the progression of BAV aortopathy.
AB - Objectives: The objectives of this study were to investigate an association between the magnitude of flow-mediated aortic wall shear stress (WSS) and medial wall histopathology in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) with aortopathy. Methods: Patients with BAV (n = 27; 52 ± 15 years; 3 women; proximal thoracic aorta diameter = 4.4 ± 0.7 and 4.6 ± 0.5 cm) who underwent prophylactic aortic resection received preoperative 3-dimensional time-resolved phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging with 3-dimensional velocity encoding to quantify WSS relative to a population of healthy age- and sex-matched tricuspid aortic valve control participants (n = 20). Quantitative histopathology was conducted on BAV aorta tissue samples resected at surgery (n = 93), and correlation was performed between elastic fiber thickness and in vivo aortic WSS as continuous variables. Validation of elastic fiber thickness was achieved by correlation relative to tissue stiffness determined using biaxial biomechanical testing (n = 22 samples). Results: Elastic fibers were thinner and WSS was higher along the greater curvature compared with other circumferential regions (vs anterior wall: P =.003 and P =.0001, respectively; lesser curvature: both P =.001). Increased regional WSS was associated with decreased elastic fiber thickness (r = −0.25; P =.02). Patient stratification with subanalysis showed an increase in the correlation between WSS and histopathology with aortic valve stenosis (r = −0.36; P =.002) and smaller aortic diameters (<4.5 cm: r = −0.39; P =.03). Elastic fiber thinning was associated with circumferential stiffness (r = −0.41; P =.06). Conclusions: For patients with BAV, increased aortic valve-mediated WSS is significantly associated with elastic fiber thinning, particularly with aortic valve stenosis and in earlier stages of aortopathy. Elastic fiber thinning correlates with impaired tissue biomechanics. These novel findings further implicate valve-mediated hemodynamics in the progression of BAV aortopathy.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30060930
U2 - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.095
DO - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.095
M3 - Article
C2 - 30060930
VL - 156
SP - 2112
EP - 2120
JO - Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
JF - Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
SN - 0022-5223
IS - 6
ER -
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