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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 1.
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.