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Evolution of mechanical and structural properties in the Ascending Thoracic Aorta (ATA) is the results of complex mechanobiological processes. In this work, we address some numerical challenges in order to elaborate computational models of these processes. For that, we extend the state of the art of homogenized constrained mixture (hCM) models. In these models, prestretches are assigned to the mixed constituents in order to ensure local mechanical equilibrium macroscopically, and to maintain a homeostatic level of tension in collagen fibers microscopically. Although the initial prestretches were assumed as homogeneous in idealized straight tubes, more elaborate prestretch distributions need to be considered for curved geometrical models such as patient-specific ATA. Therefore, we introduce prestretches having a three-dimensional gradient across the ATA geometry in the homeostatic reference state. We test different schemes with the objective to ensure stable growth and remodeling (G&amp;R) simulations on patient-specific curved vessels. In these simulations, aneurysm progression is triggered by tissue changes in the constituents such as mass degradation of intramural elastin. The results show that the initial prestretches are not only critical for the stability of numerical simulations, but they also affect the G&amp;R response. Eventually, we submit that initial conditions required for G&amp;R simulations need to be identified regionally for ensuring realistic patient-specific predictions of aneurysm progression.

About prestretch in homogenized constrained mixture models simulating growth and remodeling in patient-specific aortic geometries