Patient-Specific CT-Based Fluid-Structure-Interaction Aorta Model to Quantify Mechanical Conditions for the Investigation of Ascending Aortic Dilation in TOF Patients
Table 2
Patients’ numerical velocity magnitude in the ascending aorta.
Diastolic pressure
Systolic pressure
Inlet velocity (mm/s)
Mean velocity (mm/s)
Inlet velocity (mm/s)
Mean velocity (mm/s)
Nondilated
Dilated
Nondilated
Dilated
Nondilated
Dilated
Nondilated
Dilated
119.69
135.88
29.34
23.14
166.67
185.10
40.50
31.57
136.27
137.17
29.48
34.97
194.24
230.54
42.39
53.81
144.56
169.83
31.56
40.87
197.95
230.85
44.91
57.91
146.73
174.11
34.12
41.00
210.61
231.60
47.41
58.37
150.44
175.34
34.48
42.60
210.86
241.72
49.21
59.78
153.99
179.42
35.36
46.67
214.02
242.13
49.77
61.86
160.59
187.01
46.60
51.58
219.28
249.11
63.01
68.40
160.94
189.70
46.64
53.70
238.50
269.57
68.07
72.33
184.46
190.39
50.92
57.95
247.49
302.21
68.77
90.59
207.19
262.59
60.00
62.17
271.10
391.20
78.55
90.71
Shapiro-Wilk test
0.54
0.04
0.12
0.92
0.93
0.03
0.18
0.39
Levene’s test
0.64
0.79
0.44
0.71
value
0.097
0.270
0.058
0.197
Inlet velocity means the average velocity over inlet surface. Mean velocity means the average velocity of all nodes in the ascending aorta. Value ordered from min to max in each group. value stands for Students’ -test between the nondilated and dilated groups.
