Patient-Specific CT-Based Fluid-Structure-Interaction Aorta Model to Quantify Mechanical Conditions for the Investigation of Ascending Aortic Dilation in TOF Patients
Table 3
Patients’ numerical displacement results in the ascending aorta.
Systolic pressure
Max displacement (mm)
Mean displacement (mm)
Nondilated
Dilated
Nondilated
Dilated
0.107
0.113
0.049
0.042
0.113
0.205
0.054
0.088
0.126
0.220
0.057
0.101
0.167
0.231
0.076
0.108
0.189
0.243
0.089
0.111
0.194
0.250
0.091
0.115
0.197
0.397
0.092
0.193
0.249
0.445
0.117
0.208
0.257
0.454
0.127
0.221
0.372
0.514
0.175
0.236
Shapiro-Wilk test
0.27
0.25
0.31
0.22
Levene’s test
0.19
0.17
value
0.038
0.056
Value ordered from min to max in each group. value stands for Student’s -test between the nondilated and dilated groups.
