Figure 3. Top: Peak systolic WSS vectors- Patient 1 before surgery (A) , after surgery (B) , Patient 2 after surgery (C) . Bottom: WSS maximal intensity projections in the AAo and arch.
Contributions: JSE- data collection, analysis, and drafting. SB- drafting, critical revision. ME- data collection. SCM, MM, BDA- concept, critical revision, approval.
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