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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Nov 16;155(6):2277–2286.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.11.007

Figure 3.

Figure 3

a. Baseline and follow-up aortic WSS heatmap in representative control and surgery patients who underwent different intervention and aortic valve types, from left to right: BAV control, aortic valve replacement (AVR) alone with a bioprosthesis, valve-sparing aortic root replacement with no hemi-arch repair (VS-ARR-HA−) and ARR with hemi-arch repair (ARR-HA+) with a mechanical valve. In surgery patient heatmaps, dotted lines indicate the area to be resected and solid lines indicate the position of the graft at baseline and follow-up, respectively. b. Evolution of percentage at-risk tissue area from baseline to follow-up in the control and c. the surgery groups according to aortic valve type (see legends). The surgery group was further divided according to the performed intervention, from left to right: AVR alone, ARR-HA− and ARR-HA+. Longitudinal changes (Δ), as defined by follow-up – baseline differences, are provided for each patient group and aortic region: AA (top row), aortic arch (middle row) and DA (bottom row). Of note, results were not reported in the AA for the ARR-HA+ group because the entire region was resected during surgery. *: p<0.05 against control group, §: p<0.05 against AVR group, with non-significant effects of follow-up duration.