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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Thromb Haemost. 2024 Oct 10;23(1):345–358. doi: 10.1016/j.jtha.2024.09.026

TABLE 2.

Turbulent kinetic energy measured or simulated for pathologic circulation.

Condition TKE (m2/s2) Method Ref
Mitral valve regurgitation 0.3 MRI [35]
Aortic stenosis 0.3-1.0 MRI, CFD [36-38]
Aortic valve insufficiency 0.3 MRI [39]
Aortic coarctation 0.18-1.0 MRI, CFD [39-42]
<0.03 Doppler ultrasound [22]
Carotid atherosclerosis 0.005-.05 CFD [43,44]
Coronary atherosclerosis <0.2 CFD [45,46]

CFD, computational fluid dynamics; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; Ref, reference; TKE, turbulent kinetic energy.