Abstract: PO0503
Heterogeneous Local Hemodynamics in Rat Arteriovenous Fistula with Sildenafil Treatment
Session Information
- Bioengineering: Organoids and Organs-on-a-Chip
November 04, 2021 | Location: On-Demand, Virtual Only
Abstract Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Category: Bioengineering
- 300 Bioengineering
Authors
- Northrup, Hannah M., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Shiu, Yan-Ting Elizabeth, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Cahoon, Savanna, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Falzon, Isabelle Dorothy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Somarathna, Maheshika Srimali, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Lee, Timmy C., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Background
Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) maturation failure is an unmet clinical need. Aberrant blood flow is thought to impair AVF remodeling, but previous literature has largely focused on hemodynamics averaged over the entire AVF. We hypothesize that hemodynamics is not uniform and thus any treatment’s effect size is not uniform in AVF. We used the PDE5A inhibitor sildenafil and performed MRI-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to test our hypotheses.
Methods
Femoral AVFs were created in young male Sprague-Dawley rats. Sildenafil was given daily starting at 14 days before AVF creation and continuing for 21 days, at which time rats underwent MRI. MRI scans were used for measuring cross-sectional lumen area (CSA), and for CFD to derived flow rate, wall shear stress (WSS), oscillatory shear index (OSI), and vorticity. Results were split into 4 zones: 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, and 15-20mm away from the anastomosis.
Results
Sildenafil treated rats had significantly larger CSA, flow rate, WSS, OSI and vorticity than control rats in all zones (p<0.05)(Fig. 1). In both groups: (1) While flow rate remains constant in all zones, CSA increased from 0-5 to 15-20 zone. (2) Velocity, WSS and vorticity were the highest in the 0-5 zone, and each parameter drops significantly thereafter. (3) OSI increases at the 5-10 zone and then decreases gradually.
Conclusion
Sildenafil increased CSA and hemodynamics parameters in AVF. The magnitudes of increases are heterogenous along the AVF. Thus, the effect size of sildenafil on AVF remodeling and the association between hemodynamics and AVF remodeling depends on location. Increased knowledge of local hemodynamics and effect size may lead to treatments to improve AVF maturation.
Funding
- NIDDK Support