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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 3.

Longitudinal 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)	290 (265-323)	330 (296-359)	339 (320-373)	318 (293-351)	373 (363-449)	8.7e-8
SOV (kPa)	295 (263-333)	337 (307-366)	339 (317-380)	359 (320-437)	435 (421-463)	6.6e-10
STJ (kPa)	206 (184-251)	255 (223-286)	284 (229-299)	318 (277-349)	330 (299-413)	2.1e-11
AscAo (kPa)	176 (157-193)	194 (182-213)	225 (203-245)	227 (218-251)	248 (223-256)	8.5e-13

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