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The ascending thoracic aorta. (a) Illustration of the heart with the ascending aorta highlighted [3], (b) Geometry and coordinate system describing the ascending aorta, and (c) The three-dimensional stress tensor for the aorta, marked to show how different testing modes were used to target specific stress components.
