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Table 1 Indices of wall shear stress

From: Alterations in regional vascular geometry produced by theoretical stent implantation influence distributions of wall shear stress: analysis of a curved coronary artery using 3D computational fluid dynamics modeling

 

FLEXIBLE

INFLEXIBLE

Simulation

Peak

Mean

Peak

Mean

Total area exposed to WSS < 5 dynes/cm 2 (mm 2 )

29.0

99.1

24.4

103.7

Total area exposed to WSSG > 20 dynes/cm 3 (mm 2 )

91.7

73.8

78.9

68.3

WSS min (dynes/cm 2 )

0.56

0.07

0.60

0.05

WSS max (dynes/cm 2 )

45.3

21.7

53.0

25.5

WSSG max (dynes/cm 3 )

2210

1080

2470

1030

  1. Abbreviations: WSS = wall shear stress; WSSG = wall shear stress gradient