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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 7.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiol. 2013 Nov 25;170(3):426–433. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.11.034

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Methodological schematic: a) position of the analysis planes in the ascending aorta on the level of the sinotubular junction (S1), mid-ascending (S2) and distal ascending aorta (S3). b) Cross-section of the ascending aorta that describes the distribution of the segments along the aortic wall circumference. c) Peak systolic flow map at the level of the mid-ascending aorta demonstrating central systolic flow, mild and markedly eccentric systolic flow.