Coanda Effect Displayed in a Giant Intracranial Aneurysm

The Coanda effect is a fluid dynamics phenomenon in which a fluid jet adheres to a convex or flat surface. This effect occurs when a liquid or gas jet emerging from an orifice clings to an adjacent surface and entrains the surrounding fluid, creating a lower-pressure region along its path that maint...

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Main Authors: Corneliu Toader, Petrinel Mugurel Rădoi, Ghaith Saleh R. Aljboor, Luca-Andrei Glavan, Razvan-Adrian Covache-Busuioc, Milena-Monica Ilie, Alexandru Vlad Ciurea
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-09-01
Series:Brain Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/14/9/897
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Summary:The Coanda effect is a fluid dynamics phenomenon in which a fluid jet adheres to a convex or flat surface. This effect occurs when a liquid or gas jet emerging from an orifice clings to an adjacent surface and entrains the surrounding fluid, creating a lower-pressure region along its path that maintains its attachment to the surface. The Coanda effect accounts for the behavior of blood flow in the fetal right atrium and the dispersion of eccentric mitral regurgitation jets along atrial walls. This series of interesting images depicting a large 4 × 3.75 cm saccular intracranial aneurysm suggests that the Coanda effect may play a role in the pathophysiology of intracranial aneurysms and could be an underlying factor in their formation, progression, or rupture.
ISSN:2076-3425