Comparison between mechanical properties of human saphenous vein and umbilical vein
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>As a main cause of mortality in developed countries, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is known as silent killer with a considerable cost to be dedicated for its treatment. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) is a common remedy for CAD f...
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| author | Hamedani Borhan Navidbakhsh Mahdi Tafti Hossein |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>As a main cause of mortality in developed countries, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is known as silent killer with a considerable cost to be dedicated for its treatment. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) is a common remedy for CAD for which different blood vessels are used as a detour. There is a lack of knowledge about mechanical properties of human blood vessels used for CABG, and while these properties have a great impact on long-term patency of a CABG. Thus, studying these properties, especially those of human umbilical veins which have not been considered yet, looks utterly necessary.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Umbilical vein, as well as human Saphenous vein, are respectively obtained after cesarean and CABG. First, histological tests were performed to investigate different fiber contents of the samples. Having prepared samples carefully, force-displacement results of samples were rendered to real stress–strain measurements and then a fourth-order polynomial was used to prove the non-linear behavior of these two vessels.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Results were analyzed in two directions, i.e. circumferentially and longitudinally, which then were compared with each other. The comparison between stiffness and elasticity of these veins showed that Saphenous vein’s stiffness is much higher than that of umbilical vein and also, it is less stretchable. Furthermore, for both vessels, longitudinal stiffness was higher than that of circumferential and in stark contrast, stretch ratio in circumferential direction came much higher than longitudinal orientation.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Blood pressure is very high in the region of aorta, so there should be a stiff blood vessel in this area and previous investigations showed that stiffer vessels would have a better influence on the flow of bypass. To this end, the current study has made an attempt to compare these two blood vessels’ stiffness, finding that Saphenous vein is stiffer than umbilical vein which is somehow as stiff as rat aortic vessels. As blood vessel’s stiffness is directly related to elastin and mainly collagen content, results showed the lower amount of these two contents in umbilical vein regarding Saphenous vein.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-25b59d5e9d2c4c438a0f99013c6784b32022-12-21T19:59:45ZengBMCBioMedical Engineering OnLine1475-925X2012-08-011115910.1186/1475-925X-11-59Comparison between mechanical properties of human saphenous vein and umbilical veinHamedani BorhanNavidbakhsh MahdiTafti Hossein<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>As a main cause of mortality in developed countries, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is known as silent killer with a considerable cost to be dedicated for its treatment. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) is a common remedy for CAD for which different blood vessels are used as a detour. There is a lack of knowledge about mechanical properties of human blood vessels used for CABG, and while these properties have a great impact on long-term patency of a CABG. Thus, studying these properties, especially those of human umbilical veins which have not been considered yet, looks utterly necessary.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Umbilical vein, as well as human Saphenous vein, are respectively obtained after cesarean and CABG. First, histological tests were performed to investigate different fiber contents of the samples. Having prepared samples carefully, force-displacement results of samples were rendered to real stress–strain measurements and then a fourth-order polynomial was used to prove the non-linear behavior of these two vessels.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Results were analyzed in two directions, i.e. circumferentially and longitudinally, which then were compared with each other. The comparison between stiffness and elasticity of these veins showed that Saphenous vein’s stiffness is much higher than that of umbilical vein and also, it is less stretchable. Furthermore, for both vessels, longitudinal stiffness was higher than that of circumferential and in stark contrast, stretch ratio in circumferential direction came much higher than longitudinal orientation.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Blood pressure is very high in the region of aorta, so there should be a stiff blood vessel in this area and previous investigations showed that stiffer vessels would have a better influence on the flow of bypass. To this end, the current study has made an attempt to compare these two blood vessels’ stiffness, finding that Saphenous vein is stiffer than umbilical vein which is somehow as stiff as rat aortic vessels. As blood vessel’s stiffness is directly related to elastin and mainly collagen content, results showed the lower amount of these two contents in umbilical vein regarding Saphenous vein.</p>http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/content/11/1/59Umbilical veinSaphenous veinNon-linear rheological behaviorFourth order polynomialCauchy stressStretch ratio. |
| spellingShingle | Hamedani Borhan Navidbakhsh Mahdi Tafti Hossein Comparison between mechanical properties of human saphenous vein and umbilical vein BioMedical Engineering OnLine Umbilical vein Saphenous vein Non-linear rheological behavior Fourth order polynomial Cauchy stress Stretch ratio. |
| title | Comparison between mechanical properties of human saphenous vein and umbilical vein |
| title_full | Comparison between mechanical properties of human saphenous vein and umbilical vein |
| title_fullStr | Comparison between mechanical properties of human saphenous vein and umbilical vein |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparison between mechanical properties of human saphenous vein and umbilical vein |
| title_short | Comparison between mechanical properties of human saphenous vein and umbilical vein |
| title_sort | comparison between mechanical properties of human saphenous vein and umbilical vein |
| topic | Umbilical vein Saphenous vein Non-linear rheological behavior Fourth order polynomial Cauchy stress Stretch ratio. |
| url | http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/content/11/1/59 |
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