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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2013 Oct 26;42(3):503–514. doi: 10.1007/s10439-013-0930-3

Table 2.

Hemodynamic Parameters with Patient-Specific and Simplified Boundary Conditions

Hemodynamic Variable Patient-Specific Simplified p value
Mean Flow Rate (mL min–1) 144.7 ± 46.1 227.9 ± 90.8 < .01
Peak Flow Rate (mL min–1) 268.1 ± 99.5 364.8 ± 145.2 < .01
Mean Shear Stress in Internal Carotid Artery (Pa) 1.00 ± 0.29 1.50 ± 0.00 < .01
Peak Shear Stress in Internal Carotid Artery (Pa) 2.13 ± 0.57 2.71 ± 0.11 < .05
Womersley Number (-) 2.83 ± 0.57 2.94 ± 0.63 .25
Diameter of Internal Carotid Artery (mm) 4.44 ± 0.56 4.44 ± 0.56 -