Patient-Specific CT-Based Fluid-Structure-Interaction Aorta Model to Quantify Mechanical Conditions for the Investigation of Ascending Aortic Dilation in TOF Patients
Table 4
Patients’ numerical stress results in the ascending aorta.
Diastolic pressure
Systolic pressure
Max stress-P1 (kPa)
Mean stress-P1 (kPa)
Max stress-P1 (kPa)
Mean stress-P1 (kPa)
Nondilated
Dilated
Nondilated
Dilated
Nondilated
Dilated
Nondilated
Dilated
158.43
172.41
15.63
20.86
250.23
272.17
28.82
34.09
166.76
265.08
19.77
28.36
272.75
440.02
31.81
61.82
338.61
302.73
21.37
39.39
581.86
634.24
39.85
76.13
376.63
337.26
25.15
48.35
608.32
687.91
40.43
76.98
436.37
413.98
32.47
49.40
636.05
702.11
60.17
79.49
438.42
441.59
35.04
52.45
753.76
711.01
66.93
89.61
464.80
464.23
41.41
56.66
771.48
764.58
71.67
121.22
546.69
594.70
41.77
71.14
803.06
846.03
82.54
134.07
578.26
617.56
55.33
73.59
959.85
884.96
89.44
140.91
649.82
793.40
79.77
90.10
963.93
1112.47
123.10
165.40
Shapiro-Wilk test
0.57
0.90
0.20
0.95
0.27
0.83
0.49
0.75
Levene’s test
0.65
0.75
0.65
0.38
value
0.755
0.089
0.677
0.044
Value ordered from min to max in each group. value stands for Student’s -test between the nondilated and dilated groups.
