Figure 3. Top: Peak systolic WSS vectors- Patient 1 before
surgery (A) , after surgery (B) , Patient 2 after
surgery (C) . Bottom: WSS maximal intensity projections in the
AAo and arch.
Contributions: JSE- data collection, analysis, and drafting.
SB- drafting, critical revision. ME- data collection. SCM, MM, BDA-
concept, critical revision, approval.
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