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Published in final edited form as: JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Aug 18;15(1):33–42. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.06.020

Table 3:

Hemodynamic differences at baseline between groups with higher vs. lower rates of AAo dilation (n=72).

	GR mean AAo > 0.24 mm/year (n=32)	GR mean AAo < 0.24mm/year (n=40)	p
AAo Vmax (m.s⁻¹)	1.74 [1.48- 2.07]	1.48 [1.37- 1.79]	0.030
AAo Mean WSS (Pa)	0.76 [0.67- 0.93]	0.66 [0.62- 0.82]	0.058
AAo Max WSS (Pa)	1.59[1.37- 2.01]	1.38 [1.21- 1.74]	0.055
AAo relative area of elevated WSS (%)	19.9 [10.2- 25.5]	5.7 [1.5- 21.3]	0.008
Entire aorta relative area of elevated WSS (%)	9.1 [4.8- 14.4]	3.4 [1.2 −9.7]	0.009

AAo: Ascending Aorta; GR: growth rate, Vmax: maximum velocity, WSS: wall shear stress