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Hemodynamics of cerebral bridging veins connecting the superior sagittal sinus based on numerical simulation.

BACKGROUND: The physiological and hemodynamic features of bridging veins involve wall shear stress (WSS) of the cerebral venous system. Based on the data of cadavers and computational fluid dynamics software pack, the hemodynamic physical models of bridging veins (BVs) connecting superior sagittal sinus (SSS) were established.

RESULTS: A total of 137 BVs formed two clusters along the SSS: anterior group and posterior group. The diameters of the BVs in posterior group were larger than of the anterior group, and the entry angle was smaller. When the diameter of a BV was greater than 1.2 mm, the WSS decreased in the downstream wall of SSS with entry angle less than 105°, and the WSS also decreased in the upstream wall of BVs with entry angle less than 65°. The minimum WSS in BVs was only 63% of that in SSS. Compared with the BVs in anterior group, the minimum WSS in the posterior group was smaller, and the distance from location of the minimum WSS to the dural entrance was longer.

CONCLUSION: The cerebral venous thrombosis occurs more easily when the diameter of a BV is greater than 1.2 mm and the entry angle is less than 65°. The embolus maybe form earlier in the upstream wall of BVs in the posterior part of SSS.

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