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A control systems approach to quantify wall shear stress normalization by flow-mediated dilation in the brachial artery

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posted on 2024-11-15, 18:14 authored by Frank van Bussel, Bas van Bussel, Arnold Hoeks, Jos Roodt, Ronald Henry, Maria Isabel Ferreira De Sousa, Floris Vanmolkot, Casper Schalkwijk, Coen Stehouwer, Koen Reesink
Flow-mediated dilation is aimed at normalization of local wall shear stress under varying blood flow conditions. Blood flow velocity and vessel diameter are continuous and opposing influences that modulate wall shear stress. We derived an index FMD v to quantify wall shear stress normalization performance by flow-mediated dilation in the brachial artery. In 22 fasting presumed healthy men, we first assessed intra- and inter-session reproducibilities of two indices pFMD v and mFMD v , which consider the relative peak and relative mean hyperemic change in flow velocity, respectively. Second, utilizing oral glucose loading, we evaluated the tracking performance of both FMD v indices, in comparison with existing indices [i.e., the relative peak diameter increase (%FMD), the peak to baseline diameter ratio (D peak /D base ), and the relative peak diameter increase normalized to the full area under the curve of blood flow velocity with hyperemia (FMD/shear AUC ) or with area integrated to peak hyperemia (FMD/shear AUC-peak )]. Inter-session and intra-session reproducibilities for pFMD v , mFMD v and %FMD were comparable (intra-class correlation coefficients within 0.521-0.677 range). Both pFMD v and mFMD v showed more clearly a reduction after glucose loading (reduction of ∼45%, p≤0.001) than the other indices (% given are relative reductions): %FMD (∼11%, p≥0.074); D peak /D base (∼11%, p≥0.074); FMD/shear AUC-peak (∼20%, p≥0.016) and FMD/shear AUC (∼38%, p≤0.038). Further analysis indicated that wall shear stress normalization under normal (fasting) conditions is already far from ideal (FMD v < < 1), which (therefore) does not materially change with glucose loading. Our approach might be useful in intervention studies to detect intrinsic changes in shear stress normalization performance in conduit arteries.

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van Bussel, F. C. G., van Bussel, B. C. T., Hoeks, A. P. G., Roodt, J. Op 't., Henry, R. M. A., Ferreira, I., Vanmolkot, F. H. M., Schalkwijk, C. G., Stehouwer, C. D. A. & Reesink, K. D. (2015). A control systems approach to quantify wall shear stress normalization by flow-mediated dilation in the brachial artery. PLoS One, 10 (2), 0115977-1-0115977-19.

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PLoS ONE

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10

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2

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English

RIS ID

123356

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