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Ascending aorta dilatation rate following AVR |
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| Study |
N |
F/U (mo) |
Expansion Rate (cm/year) |
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|
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| Andrus 47 |
185 |
30.0 |
-0.03* |
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| 107 |
33.6 |
-0.01* |
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| BAV |
TAV |
BAV |
TAV |
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| 21 |
164 |
30.0 |
+0.14 ** |
-0.05 |
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| Matsuyama 48 |
35 |
97.2 |
+0.058* |
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| Yasuda 4 |
BAV |
TAV |
BAV |
TAV |
|
| 13 |
14 |
116.4 |
+0.018*** |
-0.008 |
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| cm/(m2/yr) |
cm/(m2/yr) |
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*p = N/S, **p = 0.06, ***p = 0.03 BAV = Bicuspid aortic valve, TAV = Tricuspid aortic valve F/U (mo) = follow-up (months) | |||||
Wilton and Jahangiri Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:7 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-1-7 |
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