Figure 1

Peak Systolic Wall Shear Stress (WSS _sys ) maximum intensity projections in the study cohort. Values for WSS_sys are in N/m². Note that there is a large variation across both groups in terms of WSS_sys values and where the maximum WSS is located. In general, patients appear to have WSS_sys angled toward the lateral wall of the ascending aorta, however, there appears to be fewer patients with this eccentric WSS distribution in the β-blocker group (BB+).