Abstract
Background and objective
Hemodynamic forces may play a role in symptomatic delayed ipsilateral parenchymal hemorrhage (DIPH) of intracranial aneurysm (IA) after flow diverter placement. We aimed to investigate the hemodynamic risk factors in the postsurgical DIPH process.
Methods
Six patients with internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm developed to DIPH and 12 patients without DIPH (1:2 matched controls) after flow diverter were included between January 2015 to January 2019. Postsurgical hemodynamics of distal arteries (terminal ICA, middle cerebral artery (MCA), anterior cerebral artery (ACA)) were investigated using computational fluid dynamics, as well as the hemodynamic alteration between pre- and post-treatment. The DIPH related and unrelated distal arteries (either MCA or ACA) were discriminated and compared. Definition of imbalance index is the difference in increased velocity post-flow diverter between MCA and ACA and was used to evaluate the blood flow distribution of distal arteries.
Results
The mean and maximum flow velocities in the terminal ICA increased significantly after treatment in both groups. In DIPH group, the increase rate of mean velocity in the DIPH-related artery was significantly higher than that in DIPH-unrelated artery after the treatment (20.98 ± 15.38% vs −6.40 ± 7.74%; p = 0.028). Between the DIPH and control group, the baseline characteristics were well matched. However, a higher imbalance index of mean velocity was found in DIPH group (27.38 ± 13.03% vs 10.85 ± 14.12%; p = 0.031).
Conclusion
The mean velocity of DIPH related artery increased more, and the imbalance in increased blood flow distribution of distal arteries might play an important role in DIPH after flow diverter of IAs.
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