Patient-Specific Flow Descriptors and Normalized wall index in Peripheral Artery Disease: a Preliminary Study.
Jaykrishna SinghGerd BrunnerJoel D MorrisettChristie M BallantyneAlan B LumsdenDipan J ShahPaolo DecuzziPublished in: Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering. Imaging & visualization (2016)
In this pilot study with a limited sample size, TAWSS was positively associated with NWI, a measure of plaque burden, whereas OSI showed an inverse relationship. However, our findings need to be verified in a larger prospective study. MRI-based study of hemodynamics is feasible in the superficial femoral artery.