Table 1.

Schematic representation of the comparison between Group A, B and C.

Group A/Group B/Group C	Day 0	Day 3	Day 7	Day 14	Day 21	Day 28
Mean weight, Kg ± SD
Group A	33.8 ± 2.44	34.3 ± 2.66	36.2 ± 1.99	40.7 ± 2.41	45.9 ± 2.69	50.4 ± 3.37
Group B	32.8 ± 1.62	34.2 ± 1.55	36.7 ± 1.42	40.3 ± 1.57	46.1 ± 1.52	51.8 ± 2.1
Group C	34.0 ± 2.58	34.4 ± 3.31	37.8 ± 2.10	42.2 ± 1.76	46.1 ± 3.05	51.2 ± 2.39
P values	0.45	0.99	0.16	0.09	0.98	0.51
Mean AP diameter, mm ± SD
Group A	10.36 ± 0.11	11.6 ± 0.18	12.85 ± 0.32	13.83 ± 0.44	14.74 ± 0.54	16.26 ± 0.93
Group B	10.28 ± 0.15	11.45 ± 0.15	11.57 ± 0.18	11.68 ± 0.12	11.83 ± 0.17	12.17 ± 0.13
Group C	10.37 ± 0.19	10.46 ± 0.13	10.64 ± 0.11	10.87 ± 0.19	11.06 ± 0.2	11.33 ± 0.13
P values	0.36	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Mean increase, %a ± SD
Group A		11.98 ± 2.62	24.04 ± 3.67	33.52 ± 5.19	42.32 ± 6.31	57.03 ± 10.17
Group B		11.39 ± 1.2	12.56 ± 1.55	13.64 ± 1.88	15.09 ± 1.92	18.41 ± 2.11
Group C		0.89 ± 1.59	2.63 ± 1.91	4.85 ± 1.85	6.69 ± 2.14	9.26 ± 1.37
Identical expansion rates/slopes	Group A:B	Group B:C		Group A:B	Group B:C
P values	0.45	<0.001		<0.001	0.06

^aMean increase, % with respect to the preoperative/Day 0 aortic AP-diameter.