Abstract
The mechanism of bleb formation in unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association between peri-aneurysmal contact (PAC) and bleb formation. Forty-five aneurysms were classified depending on the presence of blebs and PAC using computed tomographic angiography and magnetic resonance imaging. Aneurysmal hemodynamics were assessed using computational fluid dynamics. The independent variables associated with bleb formation were statistically assessed. Fourteen aneurysms (31.1%) had blebs, all of which were located at the site of PAC (group A). Thirty-one aneurysms (68.9%) had no bleb, of which 13 had a PAC (group B) and 18 had no PAC (group C). PAC was the only independent variable associated with bleb formation (pā<ā0.05). Aneurysmal volumes were significantly higher in group A, followed by groups B and C in series. Aneurysmal wall shear stress (WSS) tended to be lowest in group A, followed by groups B and C in series. The maximum WSS at the blebs was only 17% of the maximum WSS at the aneurysmal domes. This study demonstrated that bleb formation in UIAs was associated with the establishment of PAC during their growth, which may have more detrimental effects on bleb formation than hemodynamics.
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Introduction
An intracranial aneurysm is a disease state of the cerebral artery, which often bulges outward to form a saccular shape. The prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) is 3ā5% in the adult population1,2. The annual rate of aneurysmal rupture is approximately 1%3,4, resulting in subarachnoid hemorrhage with a high mortality rate of 45%5. UIAs at a higher risk of rupture are treated with surgical or endovascular therapies. The rupture risk is often associated with their morphology, such as size, aspect ratio, and bleb formation3,4,6. A bleb is a secondary bulge of the aneurysmal wall, which may be caused by a focal increase in wall vulnerability, but the mechanism of bleb formation in UIAs remains unclear.
Peri-aneurysmal contact (PAC) and intra-aneurysmal hemodynamics may be associated with bleb formation. Several studies that compared ruptured and unruptured aneurysms demonstrated that ruptured aneurysms were larger and more irregular with more constraints due to the presence of PAC7,8,9,10. Hemodynamic parameters associated with bleb formation have been explored in UIAs, resulting in two schools of thought: one supported strong inflow jets and high wall shear stress (WSS)11,12,13 and the other supported low WSS and a high shear stress gradient14,15.
The above studies required further clarification on the association of bleb formation with PAC, especially in UIAs, since the morphology of aneurysms changes more or less after rupture16. In addition, previous studies have not compared the effects of PAC and hemodynamics. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the association between PAC and bleb formation in UIAs, including effects due to aneurysmal morphology and hemodynamics.
Methods
Patient population
This retrospective study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Satoh Neurosurgical Hospital, and the protocols used in the study were approved by the Committee of Human Subjects Protection of the Satoh Neurosurgical Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. Informed consent was obtained from all patients to use their clinical data. Forty-nine UIAs from 49 consecutive patients between September 2017 and August 2019 were analyzed. Four patients were excluded due to poor imaging, resulting in a total of 45 aneurysms enrolled in this study (13 men and 32 women). The mean age of patients was 65.07āĀ±ā9.57Ā years (meanāĀ±āSD), with a range of 39 to 78Ā years. The locations of the aneurysms were as follows: 19 in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) (42.2%), 15 in the anterior communicating artery (AComA) (33.3%), five in the internal carotid-posterior communicating artery (IC-PC) (11.1%), four in the tip of the basilar artery (BA-tip) (8.9%), and two in the anterior choroidal artery (AChorA) (4.4%). Outcomes for these aneurysms included clipping (7 cases), coiling (2 cases), follow-up (4 cases), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (1 case) (Table 1). Treated aneurysms (10 cases) were analyzed using image datasets taken less than three months before treatment, and untreated aneurysms (35 cases) were analyzed based on the initial diagnosis.
CTA
Three-dimensional computed tomographic angiography (CTA) was performed using a multidetector CT system (Activion-16; Canon Medical Systems). The Real-Prep scan mode was used with 100Ā ml of contrast agent (Iomeron, iodine concentration 350Ā mg/mL; Eizai Pharmaceutical) injected at 3Ā mL/s into the antecubital vein. The imaging parameters included a 16-cm field of view, 512āĆā512 matrix, section thickness of 0.5Ā mm, scanning time of 8Ā s, and a total of 201 images. The original volume data were interpolated into a matrix of 1024āĆā1024 pixels and a thickness of 0.3Ā mm using a workstation (Ziostation-2, Ziosoft/AMIN, Tokyo).
MRI
Magnetic resonance cisternography (MRC), in combination with magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), was performed for each patient on a 3Ā T unit (Signa Pioneer; GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI). A heavily T2-weighted 3D fast spin-echo sequence was used for the MRC with the following parameters: TR/TE, 1900/100Ā ms; field of view, 180āĆā180Ā mm; matrix, 356āĆā256; section thickness, 1.2Ā mm; NEX,1; bandwidth, 31.2Ā kHz; echo-train length, 128; acquisition time, 6Ā min. Sixty axial images were acquired. The volume data were interpolated into 1024āĆā1024 pixels matrix and a thickness of 0.3Ā mm using the workstation.
CFD
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was performed using a commercial CFD package (Hemoscope v1.4, EBM Corp., Tokyo). Blood was assumed to be an incompressible Newtonian fluid with a density of Ļā=ā1050Ā kg/m3 and viscosity Ī¼ā=ā0.004Ā PaĀ·s. Vascular geometries were reconstructed from CTA datasets and filled with unstructured hexahedral cells mainly. The mesh size was 0.25Ā mm in far-wall regions. The near-wall mesh consisted of three layers, with a width of 0.125Ā mm and a height of 0.05Ā mm at the wall-nearest mesh. Unsteady pulsatile simulations were carried out as a time step was adjusted to keep the Courant number less than one. As for boundary conditions, a time-averaged flow rate Q was first estimated using a formula Qā=ā(ĻĻā32Ī¼) D3, where Ļ is a magnitude of WSS (Ļā=ā1.5Ā Pa) 17 and D is the diameter of the inlet artery. The distribution of flow rate at vascular bifurcations was set to be a ratio of the cubic diameters of the branches. A physiological pulsatile waveform was imposed on the steady flow rate18.
Data extraction
Aneurysmal morphology
Based on the CTA datasets, a surface mesh of the vascular geometries was obtained. Aneurysmal shape indices (neck width, dome depth, aspect ratio, dome surface area, and dome volume) was computed using a surface mesh (Hemoscope v1.4, EBM Corp., Tokyo). The neck was defined as a plane whose location was determined by neurosurgeons. The neck width was the diameter of a circle with an area equal to that of the neck. Dome depth was defined as the length from the neck center perpendicularly towards the dome.
Identification of blebs and PAC
Blebs were determined by neurosurgeons as secondary focal bulges distinguishable from an aneurysmal dome based on 3D-CTA datasets. The peri-aneurysmal environment was visualized using 3D multifusion CTA and MRC images9. The presence of PAC was judged based on whether the aneurysms overlapped with the surrounding structures. If aneurysms harbored blebs, the location of the bleb relative to PAC was determined. If they overlapped each other, the bleb location was classified as either central or marginal; a central-type bleb had no overlap with a marginal region of PAC, and a marginal-type bleb had at least a partial overlap with a marginal region of PAC.
Aneurysmal hemodynamics
The mean WSS at the parent artery (WSS-p) and aneurysmal dome (WSS-d) were computed, including their ratio (normalized WSS, NWSS). The location of the parent artery was chosen immediately upstream of the aneurysm. In aneurysms harboring a bleb, the mean, minimum, and maximum WSS at the bleb including the bleb neck were computed, and the ratio of the maximum WSS at the bleb to that of the whole dome was computed (normalized maximum WSS, NMWSS).
Statistical analysis
A categorical regression analysis was carried out to identify an independent variable associated with bleb formation among aneurysmal morphology, hemodynamics, and PAC by quantifying nominal, ordinal, and numeric variables using optimal scaling and assigning numerical values to the different categories. The dependent variable was the presence of blebs, and the independent variables were age, sex, shape (dome depth, aspect ratio, dome volume), hemodynamic indices (WSS-p, NWSS), and the presence of PAC. Descriptive analysis of continuous variables was performed, including the calculation of the means, standard deviations, medians, and 99% confidence intervals (99% CI) for all variables. The correlations between the quantitative and qualitative variables were analyzed using Pearsonās or Spearmanās correlation analyses. Accordingly, statistical differences in aneurysmal shape and hemodynamic indices were analyzed between groups using the KruskalāWallis test followed by the SteelāDwass multiple comparison test. Data were analyzed using the IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows version 25 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY) with the Categories module and R version 4.0.2. Statistical significance was set at pā<ā0.05.
Results
Classification of aneurysms
Forty-five aneurysms were classified in terms of the presence of blebs and PAC. Fourteen aneurysms (31.1%) had blebs (group A), and all these aneurysms not only exhibited the presence of PAC, but also the locations of the blebs and PAC were found to match fairly well, which was also confirmed during intraoperative observations for clipped aneurysms. Thirty-one aneurysms (68.9%) had no bleb, of which 13 had PAC (group B) and 18 had no PAC (group C). No patient exhibited a bleb without PAC. Table 2 summarizes these data together with the mean and standard deviations of the ages, shape indices, and hemodynamic indices of the subjects. Details of the data are presented in Supplementary Table 2.
Factors associated with bleb formation
Table 3 summarizes the results of a categorical regression analysis of 45 aneurysms to determine a significant factor associated with bleb formation, including aneurysmal shape indices, hemodynamic indices, and the presence of PAC. Since strong positive associations were found between neck width and dome depth (rā=ā0.752, pā<ā0.001), dome surface area and dome volume (rā=ā0.997, pā<ā0.001), and WSS-d and NWSS (rā=ā0.817, pā<ā0.001), these three variables (neck width, dome surface area, WSS-d) were excluded from the independent variables. The categorical regression analysis resulted in F (12, 32)ā=ā4.932, pā<ā0.001, R2ā=ā0.649, and an adjusted R2 ofā=ā0.517. The presence of PAC was the only significant factor associated with bleb formation (Ī²ā=ā0.476, pā=ā0.038).
Association of aneurysmal shape with hemodynamics
Aneurysmal shape and hemodynamic indices were compared between the three groups using the KruskalāWallis test (Fig.Ā 1). Five shape indices (neck width, dome depth, aspect ratio, dome surface area, and dome volume) and two hemodynamic indices (WSS-d and NWSS) were significantly different: neck width: Ļ2(2)ā=ā12.33, pā<ā0.05; dome depth: Ļ2 (2)ā=ā20.20, pā<ā0.05; aspect ratio: Ļ2 (2)ā=ā14.14, pā<ā0.05; dome surface area: Ļ2 (2)ā=ā21.99, pā<ā0.05; dome volume: Ļ2 (2)ā=ā21.37, pā<ā0.05; WSS-p: Ļ2 (2)ā=ā2.28, n. s.; WSS-d: Ļ2 (2)ā=ā14.91, pā<ā0.05; and NWSS: Ļ2 (2)ā=ā23.32, pā<ā0.05). Dome depth, dome surface area, and dome volume were significantly higher in groups A, B, and C in series (pā<ā0.05, SteelāDwass multiple comparison test). Aneurysmal wall shear stress (WSS-d, NWSS) tended to be lowest in group A, followed by groups B and C in series, but the difference between groups A and B was not statistically significant.
Association of blebs with hemodynamics
In group A, the association between bleb formation and aneurysmal hemodynamics was investigated. Table 4 summarizes the mean, minimum, and maximum WSS of the blebs, including the bleb necks and the whole domes together with the ratio of the maximum WSS of the bleb to that of the whole dome, referred to as the NMWSS. The NMWSS is an indicator of the elevation of the WSS at the bleb in each aneurysm. The NMWSS ranged from 0.03% to 0.36%, with a mean of 0.17āĀ±ā0.10 (meanāĀ±āSD). In other words, the maximum WSS at the bleb was only 17% of the maximum WSS in the entire dome. By analyzing streamlines, the bleb locations were investigated to determine whether they were located in the inflow, intermediate, or outflow regions. In our datasets, we were unable to find a tendency for an association between bleb location and the flow regions. FigureĀ 2 shows representative cases with blebs at inflow, intermediate, and outflow regions.
Association of blebs with PAC
Table 4 summarizes the association of bleb formation with PAC (group A). First, all of these blebs coincided with the location of the PAC. Furthermore, most blebs were located in the marginal region of the PAC (93%). The three cases shown in Fig.Ā 2 illustrate these blebs. Tissues under contact included the brain parenchyma and the cranial nerves.
Discussion
The rupture risk of UIAs during follow-up is often diagnosed based on their morphology, such as their size, aspect ratio, and bleb formation3,4,6. Blebs may be formed due to a focal increase in wall vulnerability, but the mechanism of bleb formation in UIAs remains to be understood. The present study is the first to examine the spatial characteristics of bleb location in UIAs in terms of both PAC and intra-aneurysmal hemodynamics.
The main result of this study was the discovery that aneurysms harboring blebs not only exhibited the presence of PAC, but also the location of the blebs matched that of the PAC. In addition, PAC was an independent variable significantly associated with bleb formation, as opposed to aneurysmal shape and hemodynamic indices. We also found that aneurysms harboring blebs were significantly larger than those without blebs. In particular, a comparison of group A (bleb (+), PAC (+)) with group B (bleb (ā), PAC (+)) suggested that bleb formation may be associated with the establishment of PAC during aneurysmal growth.
The pathophysiological mechanism of intracranial aneurysms has been studied using human pathological specimens19,20,21,22 and animal models23,24,25,26. Flow-induced, inflammation-mediated biological reactions that are thought to be involved in the formation and progression of intracranial aneurysms27. To the best of our knowledge, however, there has been no reports that investigated the pathology of bleb. Since a bleb is a focal secondary bulge of aneurysmal wall, the underlying mechanism may be associated with a focal increase of wall vulnerability.
As previously described, the formation and progression of intracranial aneurysms may be linked to aberrant hemodynamics19,27. As for bleb formation, two schools of thought exist: one supports strong inflow jets and high WSS11,12,13 and the other supports low WSS and a high shear stress gradient14,15. In our study, we first classified the bleb locations into inflow, intermediate, and outflow regions; however, we were unable to find a specific tendency between the bleb location and flow region. Then, we focused on the WSS at the bleb neck, which was assumed to reflect the WSS at the initiation of bleb. The amount of WSS was only 17% of that of the entire dome. This finding suggests that bleb formation may not be associated with an elevation of WSS. Since the present study treated limited sample sizes, understanding the association between WSS and bleb formation may need larger samples.
Another pathway to increase the vulnerability of aneurysmal walls may be involved. The establishment of PAC may focally constrain the deformation of aneurysmal wall in a mechanical point of view, resulting in a state of stress concentration by which the wall vulnerability is focally accelerated. Vascular wall stress (VWS) is a mechanical stress that acts on the inside of the vascular wall, which is linked to blood pressure, and is different from WSS, which acts on the inner surface of the vascular wall due to fluid viscosity and has no association with blood pressure. Although there were a number of studies that reported on the biomechanics of intracranial aneurysms, most studies focused on WSS only and did not consider the effect of VWS, despite the fact that the VWS (often termed āstretchā) is deeply associated with the conditions of smooth muscle cells (SMCs)28. Kataoka et al.29 speculated the VWS may be associated with the initiation of aneurysm, and WSS may not be, as opposed to the conventional theory that related the aneurysmal initiation with the elevation of WSS. Seshaiyer and Humphrey30 investigated VWS together with the effect of mechanical constraint using finite element analysis. They demonstrated that the wall constraint decreased the VWS, but there was an exceptional location, or a site near the contact, where the VWS significantly increased (stress concentration). Although their simulation did not include the effect of biological reactions, a concentrated VWS may cause SMC death. Indeed, various reports have shown an association between VWS and SMC apoptosis28. Furthermore, SMC death is known to be involved in ruptured intracranial aneurysms in human specimens22. These insights led us to hypothesize that the emergence of PAC may yield a concentrated VWS, cause cell death of SMCs, and result in bleb formation due to the increase in wall vulnerability.
Limitation
This study had several limitations. The sample size was limited, particularly in group A. Future studies should increase the number of aneurysms. Furthermore, future work should include a prospective study to investigate bleb formation over time. The presence of PAC was judged using 3D multifusion imaging, which has a certain uncertainty due to imaging and thresholding. Therefore, in this study, we confirmed the presence of PAC with intraoperative observations for clipped aneurysms. CFD needed various assumptions, such as the blood properties and boundary conditions. Although these uncertainties existed, our interpretation were believed to be unassociated with these uncertainties.
Conclusion
This study is the first to examine the spatial environment of bleb location in UIAs in terms of both PAC and intra-aneurysmal hemodynamics. The data demonstrated that bleb formation in UIAs was associated with the establishment of PAC during their growth, which may have more detrimental effects on bleb formation than hemodynamics.
Abbreviations
- 3D:
-
3-Dimensional
- CFD:
-
Computational fluid dynamics
- CTA:
-
Computed tomographic angiography
- MRA:
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Magnetic resonance angiography
- MRC:
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Magnetic resonance cisternography
- MRI:
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Magnetic resonance imaging
- PAC:
-
Peri-aneurysmal contact
- VWS:
-
Vascular wall stress
- WSS:
-
Wall shear stress
- UIA:
-
Unruptured intracranial aneurysm
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We would like to thank Ms. Megumi Sasaki, Ms. Kana Murakami and Mr. Yudai Abe of the Ryofukai Satoh Neurosurgical Hospital for conducting the CTA and MRI examinations.
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Y.S.(3) conducted statistical analyses and prepared Fig.Ā 1 and Table 3. T.S. prepared Fig.Ā 2 and Tables 1, 2 and 4. T.Y. assisted in the preparation of Table 1, 2 and 4. K.S. and Y.S.(4), participated to discussion about the results with I.D. T.S. and T.Y. wrote the manuscript. I.D. designed and organized the study. All authors contributed to analysis and interpretation of data. All authors critically reviewed the manuscript.
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Satoh, T., Yagi, T., Sawada, Y. et al. Association of bleb formation with peri-aneurysmal contact in unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Sci Rep 12, 6075 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10064-8
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