Table 4.

Biases [limits of agreement] for the inter-operator variability of regional aortic WSS indices at baseline and follow-up in each patient group.

	No surgery (n=10)		Surgery (n=10)
	baseline	follow-up	baseline	follow-up
Peak WSS (Pa)
AA	0.05 [−0.12;0.22]	−0.05 [−0.25;0.14]	0.08 [−0.21;0.36]	0.09 [−0.27;0.45]
Arch	0.01 [−0.03;0.04]	0.00 [−0.03;0.04]	0.01 [−0.07;0.09]	0.02 [−0.08;0.11]
DA	0.00 [−0.04;0.04]	−0.00 [−0.02;0.01]	−0.00 [−0.04;0.04]	−0.00 [−0.03;0.02]
At-risk tissue area s(%)
AA	0.4 [−1.1;1.9]	0.2 [−3.2;3.6]	−0.1 [−5.8;5.5]	−1.1 [−9.4;7.2]
Arch	0.8 [−4.0;5.6]	0.1 [−0.3;0.4]	0.8 [−5.4;7.0]	0.8 [−3.4;5.1]
DA	−0.0 [−0.2;0.2]	−0.1 [−1.2;1.0]	0.1 [−1.9;2.0]	−0.0 [−0.4;0.3]

WSS: w all shear stress; AA: ascending aorta; DA: descending aorta.