Table 1.
Aortic dimensions, valve morphology, aortopathy phenotype, aortic insufficiency and aortic stenosis of the BAV patients and the controls. Differences across cohorts were evaluated using a Wilcoxon rank sum test.
| Patients with BAV | Normal Controls | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOV diameter (cm) | 4.5±0.6 | 3.0±0.5 | <0.001 | |
| MAA diameter (cm) | 4.7±0.7 | 2.9±0.5 | <0.001 | |
| Heart rate (bpm) | 74±17 | 74±15 | 0.80 | |
| Cardiac output (L/min) | 8±3 | 6±2 | 0.10 | |
| Body surface area (m2) | 2.0±0.2 | 1.9±0.2 | 0.28 | |
| Valve morphology | AP | 1 | TAV | |
| Lat | 1 | |||
| RL | 8 | |||
| RN | 2 | |||
| uni | 1 | |||
| Aortopathy phenotype | ATP 0 | 0 | N/A | |
| ATP 1 | 1 | |||
| ATP 2 | 6 | |||
| ATP 3 | 6 | |||
| Aortic insufficiency | Mild | 4 | N/A | |
| Moderate | 5 | |||
| Severe | 4 | |||
| Aortic stenosis | None | 2 | N/A | |
| Mild | 6 | |||
| Moderate | 0 | |||
| Severe | 5 | |||
SOV = Sinus of Valsalva, MAA = Mid-ascending Aorta, AP = Anterior-Posterior, Lat = Lateral, RL = Right-Left, RN = Right-Non-coronary, NL = Non-coronary-Left, ATP=Aortopathy type