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Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Jun 30;164(5):1365–1375. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.05.049

TABLE 2.

Circumferential tricuspid aortic valve ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm peak wall stress

	4.0-4.4 cm (n = 100)	4.5-4.9 cm (n = 77)	5.0-5.4 cm (n = 21)	5.5-5.9 cm (n = 13)	≥6.0 cm (n = 10)	P value
Whole aTAA (kPa)	460 (421-543)	503 (453-569)	549 (430-588)	540 (471-608)	596 (506-649)	.0008
SOV (kPa)	377 (334-432)	429 (385-488)	424 (371-453)	454 (415-499)	552 (516-627)	1.6e-8
STJ (kPa)	449 (388-501)	512 (464-589)	534 (439-554)	626 (541-754)	573 (503-622)	1.3e-8
AscAo (kPa)	316 (290-340)	347 (322-365)	358 (342-415)	424 (400-462)	413 (389-466)	2.6e-15

aTAA, Ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm; SOV, sinuses of Valsalva; STJ, sinotubular junction; AscAo, ascending aorta.