Coronary fractional flow reserve measurements of a stenosed side branch: a computational study investigating the influence of the bifurcation angle

Table 2 Grids and results of the mesh independence study

Number of elements	Max velocity		ΔP_MB		ΔP_SB
Number of elements	[m/s]	Perc. diff (%)	[mmHg]	Perc. diff (%)	[mmHg]	Perc. diff (%)
1,671,949	2.10	1.05	12.07	0.55	18.54	0.17
2,390,756	2.12	0.36	12.12	0.13	18.58	0.03
3,671,302	2.13	–	12.13	–	18.57	–

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