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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Aug 25;92(4):1384–1389. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.118

Table 4.

Wall stress in the non-aneurysmal ascending aorta

BAV (n=10) TAV (n=10) P-value
99-percentile wall stress (MPa) 0.51 ± 0.07 0.45 ± 0.10 0.151
99-percentile wall stress normalized for aortic root radius (MPa/cm) 0.29 ± 0.05 0.24 ± 0.03 0.013
99-percentile wall stress normalized for sinotubular junction radius (MPa/cm) 0.36 ± 0.04 0.28 ± 0.04 0.001
99-percentile wall stress normalized for maximum ascending aortic radius (MPa/cm) 0.31 ± 0.04 0.26 ± 0.04 0.009

BAV: bicuspid aortic valve; TAV: tricuspid aortic valve