“…In the last decade, some review articles have discussed the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to enhance the understanding of hemodynamic patterns in cardiovascular disease [ 16 , 17 ]. In this context, the employment of CFD to investigate aortic diseases [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 ], particularly in aneurysmatic ascending aortas [ 25 , 26 ], has been the subject of numerous studies. Current evidence shows that employing CFD for flow analysis in healthy or aneurysmal aortas can contribute to understanding disease etiology by providing insights into the fields of velocity, shear stress, vorticity and identification of recirculation regions [ 22 ].…”