FIGURE 10.

Distribution of pressure difference with respect to the Valsalva sinuses (left) and wall shear stress (right) along a line on the septum (center), at the instant of maximum pressure gradient: Patient 1, t = 0.08 s; Patient 2, t = 0.16 s; and Patient 3, t = 0.20 s. The distance is normalized with respect to the total length of the line. For each patient, the origin of the line in the right coronary ostium is denoted by 0, while the position of the aortic annulus (point A in the center figure) is indicated by a circle.