Table 2. Comparison between diameters of the different portions of the aorta of GLA knock-out mice (GLA-/-) and their correspondent wild-type (WT) mice.
GLA-/- (Fabry) (n = 5) | WT (n = 5) | p-value | |
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Aortic anulus | 1.35 (±0–44) | 1.22 (±0.01) | 0.018* |
Sinus of Valsalva | 1.6 (±0.05) | 1.38 (±0.03) | <0.001* |
Sino-tubular junction | 1.26 (±0.05) | 1.22 (±0.05) | 0.703 |
Ascending aorta | 1.57 (±0.04) | 1.34 (±0.06) | <0.001* |
Aortic arch | 1.36 (±0.03) | 1.22 (±0.07) | 0.030* |
Descending aorta | 1.29 (±0.07) | 1.11 (±0.04) | <0.001 |