Abe an Subcla ian A e y CFD Da ase
− Yea : 2025
− Ve sion: .0.1.
− By:
• Emanuele Ghedini (Uni e si y o Bologna – Depa men o Indus ial Enginee ing)
Con ac : [email protected]
• Gio anni Rossi (ASST Lecco – Vascula Su ge y Uni )
Con ac : g. ossi@ass -lecco.i
• Edoa do Ugolini (Uni e si y o Bologna – Depa men o Indus ial Enginee ing)
Con ac : edoa [email protected]
• Gio gio La Ci i a (F eelance)
Con ac : gio gio.laci i [email p o ec ed]
• Fe a esi Ma co (ASST Lecco – Vascula Su ge y Uni )
Con ac : ma. e a esi@ass -lecco.i
• Moad Alaid oos (ASST Lecco – Vascula Su ge y Uni )
Con ac : m.alaid oos@ass -lecco.i
Desc ip ion:
The "Abe an Subcla ian A e y CFD Da ase " ga he s esul s o a CFD campaign on he Abe an
Subcla ian A e y (ASA). Such da ase is composed by 12 o al pa ien s, di ided in “Pa hologic” (6 subjec s
wi h ASA – olde name: M#caseNumbe ) and “Heal hy” (6 subjec s wi h heal hy ana omies - olde name:
H#caseNumbe ). Pa hologic da ase ’s desc ip ion is epo ed in Table 1.
ID
Gende ,
Age
ASA and associa ed ao ic lesion
Righ o le -
sided a ch
KD
Re o-esophageal
ASA
Bica o id
unk
M1
F, 74
Rup u ed a ch aneu ysm (zone 2 and 3 o he
Hishima u classi ica ion) + igh ASA
Le
Yes
Yes
No
M2
M, 80
Symp oma ic igh ASA
Le
Yes
Yes
No
M3
F, 73
Type A Ao ic Dissec ion (TAAD) + igh ASA
Le
Yes
Yes
Yes
M4
M, 76
TAAD + igh ASA
Le
Yes
Yes
No
M5
M, 34
TAAD + igh ASA
Le
No
Yes
Yes
M6
F, 80
Asymp oma ic le ASA
Righ
Yes
Yes
No
Table 1: Pa hologic da ase desc ip ion. TAA (Tho acic Ao ic Aneu ysm), KD (Komme ell Di e iculum).
CFD simula ions a e ca ied ou using he same BC (Bounda y Condi ions) o each pa ien . BC a e showed
in Figu e 1 and Figu e 2, and epo ed nume ically (“inle _ eloci y.cs ”, “ou le _p essu e.cs ”) inside each
case BC sub olde . Fo each pa ien , CFD esul s a e collec ed espec i ely a he p e-sys olic (2.34 s),
peak sys olic (2.46 s) and dias olic (2.8 s) phases o he las ca diac cycle simula ed. Fo any u he
me hodological de ail please e e o he pape ela ed o his da ase . Pos -p ocessing can be shown by
using Pa a iew. A Mul iBlock . m iles o each in e es imes ep a e loca ed inside each pa ien ’s
di ec o y, unde he da a subdi ec o y, oge he wi h a Pa a iew s a e .p sm o pu e isualiza ion.
Pos -p ocessing da a:
The CFD pos -p ocessing p esen ed wi h he da ase is summa ized below:
• In e nal eloci y s eamlines and eloci y glyph a he pa ch (m/s)
• Veloci y s eamlines’ glyph (m/s)
• WSS (Wall Shea S ess) dis ibu ion map and di ec ion glyph a he wall (Pa)
• P essu e a he wall (Pa)
• OSI (Oscilla o y Shea Index) dis ibu ion map (#)
• TVR (Tu bulen Viscosi y Ra io) (#)
Figu e 2: Inle Veloci y cu e imposed o each pa ien
Figu e 1: Ou le P essu e cu e imposed o each pa ien .
Usage:
To na iga e CFD esul s o each case, he use mus ex ac he main di ec o y P#caseNumbe o
H#caseNumbe and open Pa a iew, highly ecommended o ull compliancy. Then, selec “Load S a e”
and na iga e o he desi ed case’s di ec o y, selec ing he Pa a iew s a e P#caseNumbe .p sm o
H#caseNumbe .p sm. Then, in he successi e window, selec “Sea ch iles unde speci ic di ec o y” ,
choosing he da a di ec o y, as in Figu e 3.
Load S a e
Figu e 3: S a e Loading Schema iza ion wi h “Sea ch ile unde speci ied di ec o y”
