Table 2.

Pathologies of the aortic root.

Variables	Subgroups	BioIntegral (n = 73)	LABCOR (n = 193)	p
Aortic valve stenosis (%)	total	41.1	25.4	0.012
	endocarditis	40.0	33.3	0.753
	no endocarditis	44.4	24.9	0.093
Aortic valve insufficiency (%)	total	52.1	74.1	<0.001
	endocarditis	49.1	58.3	0.562
	no endocarditis	61.1	75.1	0.258
Aortic valve endocarditis (%)	total	0.0	2.6	0.327
	endocarditis	0.0	41.7	<0.001
	no endocarditis	0.0	0.0	1.000
Prosthesis endocarditis (%)	total	75.3	3.6	<0.001
	endocarditis	100.0	58.3	<0.001
	no endocarditis	0.0	0.0	1.000
Aortic dissection Stanford type A (%)	total	9.6	24.9	0.006
	endocarditis	0.0	0.0	1.000
	no endocarditis	38.9	26.5	0.276
Ascending aorta aneurysm (%)	total	41.1	80.3	<0.001
	endocarditis	30.9	41.7	0.510
	no endocarditis	72.2	82.9	0.331