Table 1.

Biomechanical properties and hydroxyproline values assessed for BAV and TAV

	α	β	MTS	Failure Strain (%)	Tensile Strength	HYP
TAV CIRC	6.8 ± 2.3	71.0 ± 22.2	335.1 ± 22.2 a	60.7 ± 4.1 a	96.1 ± 6.1 a	19.0 ± 1.5 (all TAV)
TAV LONG	6.2 ± 0.8 b	120.0 ± 31.5 b	220.7 ± 20.3	46.9 ± 3.1 b	54.0 ± 3.7 b
BAV CIRC	4.8 ± 0.3	12.3 ± 1.1c	350.4 ± 16.0	91.7 ± 3.7c	165.6 ± 9.8c	18.9 ± 1.9 (all BAV)
BAV LONG	4.5 ± 0.4	18.1 ± 1.8d	191.6 ± 9.6d	63.4 ± 2.2d	69.8 ± 3.1d

For p-value < 0.05:

^aTAV CIRC compared to TAV LONG

^bTAV LONG compared to BAV LONG

^cBAV CIRC compared to TAV CIRC

^dBAV LONG compared to BAV CIRC