Table 3.

Aortic vascular function measures in healthy volunteers and patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease

	Healthy volunteers	Bicuspid aortic valve patients
Distensibility (1 / mmHg):
Ascending aorta	4.65±3.21	4.06±3.07
Proximal descending aorta	4.86±2.05	4.98±2.28
Distal descending aorta	7.31±3.49	7.65±4.12
Arterial strain:
Ascending aorta	0.21±0.13	0.19±0.13
Proximal descending aorta	0.23±0.09	0.24±0.10
Distal descending aorta	0.33±0.13	0.37±0.18
Maximum rate of systolic distension (%/ms):
Ascending aorta	0.20±0.11	0.16±0.10*
Proximal descending aorta	0.21±0.09	0.18±0.08*
Distal descending aorta	0.27±0.07	0.24±0.08
Median pulse wave velocity arch (range) (m/s)	4.74 (13.05)	4.54 (29.67)
Median central pulse pressure (range) mmHg	47 (37)	51 (43)*

Values are mean ±standard deviation or median (range);

SE = standard error;

^*p=0.04