Table 2.

Pulmonary autograft (PAG) annulus and sinus diameters (mm) at last transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) and diameter increase during follow up in 27 patients without and eight patients with important aortic regurgitation (AR)

Diameter	No important AR	Important AR	p Value
Annulus (SD; range)	32 (5.2; 25 to 44)	35 (7.1; 24 to 44)	<0.001
Sinus (SD; range)	45 (6.2; 36 to 60)	50 (8.5 (35 to 60)	<0.001
Annulus increase (SD; range)	2 (3.5; −3 to 8)	6 (2.6; 1 to 9)	<0.001
Sinus increase (SD; range)	5 (5.1; −4 to 19)	13 (4.4; 5 to 21)	<0.001
Annual annulus increase after first year in mm/year (SD; range)	0.1 (0.3; −0.5 to 0.7)	0.2 (0.3; −0.2 to 0.7)	NS
Annual sinus increase after first year in mm/year (SD; range)	0.2 (0.4; −0.4 to 1.3)	0.8 (0.6; 0.3 to 1.9)	<0.01

NS, not significant.