Table 2 Summary of mean Fluid shear stress values of hemorrhage, lipid core, calcification, wall, all nodes, and all non- hemorrhage nodes for the 5 plaque samples.

mean

n

mean

n

mean

n

mean

n

mean

n

mean

n

P1

14.3

87

10.8

334

18.4

93

7.5

11

12.7

525

12.4

438

0.3223

P2

17.6

24

20.4

291

21.4

164

20.6

479

20.8

455

0.0103

P3

11.2

4

11.7

271

25.1

102

7.8

8

15.1

385

15.2

381

0.0014

P4

23.7

61

10.9

275

8.1

61

1.0

16

12.0

413

10.0

352

<0.0001

P5

7.1

44

12.2

477

7.2

49

11.4

570

11.7

526

<0.0001

All 5 P

15.0

212

10.9

1577

14.3

420

4.6

35

11.8

2244

11.5

2032

0.0025