Table 4.

Aortic elastic properties.

Variable	0 months	p (0–6 months)	6 months	p (6–12 months)	12 months	p (0–12 months)
S′ wave (cm/s)	5.17 ± 1.37	0.289	9.77 ± 16.70	0.347	5.68 ± 1.18	0.018
E′ wave (cm/s)	− 4.42 ± 2.55	0.018	− 5.57 ± 2.37	0.113	− 5.68 ± 2.20	0.007
A′ wave (cm/s)	− 6.28 ± 2.27	0.002	− 4.76 ± 1.89	0.532	− 4.72 ± 1.78	0.001
Distensibility (10− 6 × cm2 × dyn− 1)	2.24 ± 1.69	0.032	3.46 ± 3.03	0.005	4.14 ± 2.96	0.003
Stiffness	14.05 ± 7.13	0.034	10.30 ± 6.99	0.090	7.31 ± 4.55	0.001
M-mode strain (%)	5.50 ± 4.12	0.041	8.67 ± 8.16	0.004	10.41 ± 8.03	0.004
Tissue strain (%)	− 14.0 ± 9.2	0.013	− 17.2 ± 7.5	0.002	− 19.9 ± 6.3	0.001