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Impact of age, sex, and global function on normal aortic hemodynamics.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the effects of age, sex, and left ventricular global function on velocity, helicity, and 3D wall shear stress (3D-WSS) in the aorta of N = 100 healthy controls.

Methods

Fifty female and 50 male volunteers with no history of cardiovascular disease, with 10 volunteers per age group (18-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, and 61-80 years) underwent aortic 4D-flow MRI. Quantification of systolic aortic peak velocity, helicity, and 3D-WSS distribution and the calculation of age group-averaged peak systolic velocity and 3D-WSS maps ("atlases") were computed. Age-related and sex-related changes in peak velocity, helicity, and 3D-WSS were computed and correlated with standard metrics of left ventricular function derived from short-axis cine MRI.

Results

No significant differences were found in peak systolic velocity or 3D-WSS based on sex except for the 18- to 30-year-old group (males 8% higher velocity volume and 3D-WSS surface area). Between successively older groups, systolic velocity decreased (13%, <1%, 7%, and 55% of the aorta volume) and 3D-WSS decreased (21%, 2%, 30%, and 62% of the aorta surface area). Mean velocity, mean 3D-3D-WSS, and median helicity increased with cardiac output (r = 0.27-0.43, all P < .01), and mean velocity and 3D-WSS decreased with increasing diameter (r > 0.35, P < .001). Arch and descending aorta systolic mean velocity, mean 3D-WSS, and median helicity increased with normalized left ventricular volumes: end diastolic volume (r = 0.31-0.37, P < .01), end systolic volume (r = 0.27-0.35, P < .01), and stroke volume (r = 0.28-0.35, P < .01).

Conclusion

Healthy aortic hemodynamics are dependent on subject age, and correlate with vessel diameter and cardiac function.

SUBMITTER: Scott MB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7751625 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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