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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2012 Mar 14;12(1):79–93. doi: 10.1007/s10237-012-0383-x

Table 3.

Summary of results for all three simulations: baseline, acute cardiac compensation, and early arterial remodeling

Baseline
Acute cardiac compensation
Early arterial remodeling
Aorta LAD LCCA LMCA Basilar Aorta LAD LCCA LMCA Basilai Aorta LAD LCCA LMCA Basilar
Pmean (mmHg) 102 102 101 89 96 121 121 120 105 114 124 124 123 106 116
PP (mmHg) 42 40 42 33 38 70 60 65 47 58 101 97 97 74 88
Qmean (mL/s) 54.5 1.2 7.5 3.4 2.1 47.7 1.5 8.9 4.0 2.5 45.6 1.5 9.0 4.0 2.6
Eθθmean(%)
5.9 2.2 3.2 1.7 2.3 8.9 3.2 4.8 2.4 3.6 5.8 2.9 4.4 3.7 5.3
Eθθpeak(%)
12.0 4.3 6.6 3.4 4.5 20.6 6.6 10.3 4.9 7.1 12.6 6.2 9.5 8.0 10.9
τmean(Pa)
0.98 1.12 1.11 9.57 3.59 1.01 1.40 1.41 11.82 4.56 0.78 1.43 1.58 12.58 4.91
σmean(kPa) 94 153 141 164 204 112 182 167 193 242 100 162 149 195 247

P mean arterial pressure, PP pulse pressure, Q flow, Eθθ cyclic strain, τ wall shear stress, σ circumferential wall stress