The relationship between wall shear stress distributions and intimal thickening in the human abdominal aorta

Table 1 Patient-Specific Abdominal Aorta Model Geometry

	Model Inlet	Inferior of Renal BP	Minimum IR Dia.	IMA Ostium	Maximum IR Dia.	Aortic Bifurcation
Diameter^†	1.00	0.84	0.75	0.79	0.83	0.81
Location*	0.0	3.3	4.7	5.3	6.0	7.5

^† – Hydraulic Diameter [34] (in centimeters), * – Distance from Model Inlet (in centimeters), BP – Branch Point, IMA Ostium – Inferior Mesenteric Artery Ostium, IR Dia. – Infrarenal (Hydraulic) Diameter.

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