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Table 2 Peak cross-sectional areas (CSA), differences between maximum and minimum CSA, peak volume flow and netflow for 14 analysis planes (see Fig. 4B). All data are presented as average values over all 7 wild-type mice

From: Fast self-navigated wall shear stress measurements in the murine aortic arch using radial 4D-phase contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance at 17.6 T

Region

peak CSA [mm2]

CSAmax-CSAmin [mm2]

peak flow [ml/s]

net flow [ml/s]

Ascending aorta

 1

1.96 ± 0.30

0.49 ± 0.08

0.88 ± 0.11

4.09 ± 0.77

 2

2.00 ± 0.24

0.51 ± 0.07

0.90 ± 0.11

4.22 ± 0.66

 3

2.06 ± 0.20

0.56 ± 0.06

0.90 ± 0.10

4.20 ± 0.58

 4

2.08 ± 0.14

0.55 ± 0.04

0.87 ± 0.10

4.06 ± 0.45

 5

2.10 ± 0.11

0.53 ± 0.05

0.83 ± 0.09

4.01 ± 0.36

 6

2.14 ± 0.10

0.52 ± 0.09

0.80 ± 0.09

3.92 ± 0.41

Bifurcation area

 7

1.60 ± 0.19

0.32 ± 0.05

0.58 ± 0.06

2.83 ± 0.35

 8

1.23 ± 0.10

0.33 ± 0.05

0.54 ± 0.03

2.37 ± 0.22

Descending aorta

 9

1.16 ± 0.07

0.30 ± 0.05

0.49 ± 0.02

1.91 ± 0.16

 10

1.18 ± 0.07

0.32 ± 0.07

0.47 ± 0.03

1.80 ± 0.18

 11

1.23 ± 0.06

0.37 ± 0.09

0.48 ± 0.02

1.78 ± 0.16

 12

1.28 ± 0.11

0.36 ± 0.14

0.47 ± 0.01

1.75 ± 0.13

 13

1.28 ± 0.10

0.34 ± 0.10

0.48 ± 0.03

1.76 ± 0.12

 14

1.30 ± 0.16

0.31 ± 0.08

0.50 ± 0.07

1.84 ± 0.18