Arthur Paganini Cintra

Mr. Arthur Paganini Cintra


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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28 November 2025 in Biomedicines
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VLVincenzo Trajano Roberto Loly
Vincenzo Trajano Roberto Loly
ACArthur Paganini Cintra
Arthur Paganini Cintra
FRFelipe Ramirez-Velandia
Felipe Ramirez-Velandia
COChristopher S. Ogilvy
Christopher S. Ogilvy
EMEmmanuel Mensah
Emmanuel Mensah
Lionel F. GamarraLionel F. Gamarra
Lionel F. Gamarra
Background/Objectives: Hemodynamic stressors, including abnormal wall shear stress (low or high) or oscillatory shear index are recognized as contributors to the pathogenesis, growth, and rupture of intracranial aneurysms (IAs). Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has therefore become an essential tool for their quantitative assessment. This systematic review aimed to identify the most frequently analyzed hemodynamic and morphological parameters in recent CFD studies and summarize the methodological strategies employed. Methods: A systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA guidelines, including original studies published between 2019 and 2024 in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Embase databases. Eligible studies applied CFD to human saccular aneurysms addressing rupture or growth. Exclusion criteria comprised stent-assisted treatments, idealized or phantom models, and non-human or in vitro analyses. Extracted data included study characteristics, CFD software, meshing and solver approaches, and reported parameters. Results: Thirty-five studies met the eligibility criteria. Commercial software predominated across the segmentation, meshing, and solver stages. The most frequently evaluated wall shear stress metrics were the oscillatory shear index (OSI, 91.43%), time-averaged wall shear stress (TAWSS, 71.43%), low shear area ratio (LSAR, 60.00%), normalized wall shear stress (NWSS, 51.43%), and relative residence time (RRT, 45.71%). Morphological parameters such as the aspect ratio (AR, 74.29%), size ratio (SR, 68.57%), and volume (42.86%), reflecting aneurysm shape and relative size, were the most consistently evaluated and demonstrated strong associations with rupture and growth. Conclusions: A core set of morphological and hemodynamic parameters (AR, SR, TAWSS, OSI, RRT, and LSAR) was consistently identified as potential discriminators for the rupture and growth of intracranial aneurysms. However, substantial methodological heterogeneity and the absence of unified standards hinder reproducibility and clinical translation. Future research must urgently standardize computational frameworks, parameter definitions, and boundary conditions to enhance the consistency, comparability, and clinical applicability of CFD in aneurysm risk assessment.