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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2012 Apr 26;40(10):2212–2227. doi: 10.1007/s10439-012-0574-8

Table 1.

CFD Simulation Results, RVOFT – Right ventricular outflow tract, LVOFT – Left ventricular outflow tract

Stage

(HH)		 Peak WSS,

(Dynes/cm2)		 Spatially

Averaged WSS

at Peak Velocity

(Dynes/cm2)		 Spatially and

Temporally

Averaged WSS

(Dynes/cm2)		 Peak

Reynolds

Number		 Peak

Vorticity

(1/s)		 Peak

Pressure

Drop

(mmHg)
16 18.16

(3.18)		 9.55

(0.40)		 3.03

(0.11)		 2.23

(0.19)		 785.86

(71.01)		 0.865

(0.006)
23

Proximal		 59.36

(10.07)		 28.15

(7.47)		 4.23

(0.09)		 .003

(0.002)		 956.67

(287.22)		 0.083

(0.005)
23

Distal		 57.12

(9.04)		 31.69

(7.48)		 7.05

(0.82)		 .003

(0.001)		 1540

(408.78)		 0.113

(0.051)
27 236.07

(39.34)		 111.74

(21.7)		 39.49

(9.34)		 9.28

(0.367)		 10671.9

(2693.04)		 0.664

(0.038)
30

RVOFT		 671.24

(211.46)		 184.36

(34.26)		 100.67

(27.82)		 16.63

(1.46)		 25795.4

(9610.22)		 0.003

(0.412)
30

LVOFT		 400.93

(65.65)		 226.67

(20.41)		 136.50

(17.82)		 9.72

(0.72)		 13271.7

(1285.52)		 3.68

(1.167)