Table 5

Ascending aorta dilatation rate following AVR

Study
N
F/U (mo)
Expansion Rate (cm/year)


Andrus 47
185
30.0
-0.03*


107
33.6
-0.01*


BAV
TAV

BAV
TAV

21
164
30.0
+0.14 **
-0.05
Matsuyama 48
35
97.2
+0.058*

Yasuda 4
BAV
TAV

BAV
TAV

13
14
116.4
+0.018***
-0.008




cm/(m2/yr)
cm/(m2/yr)

*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