Fig. 6.

Normalized highly stressed area $A_{\mathit{\tau }}/D_A^2$ when ${\tau }_o=15$ Pa in all four patients versus the mean centerline arterial inflow velocity squared $U^2$. The solid line is a least squares regression. The coefficient of determination is 0.96 and $p\hspace{1em}<\hspace{1em}0.05$.