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. 2022 Jun 9;9:905718. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.905718

TABLE 2.

Hemodynamic and morphologic comparisons between (1) patients with and without adverse outcomes (2) rapid v. slow aortic growth.

Overall cohort

Indexed parameter (per mm) No adverse outcome (n = 39) Adverse outcome (n = 12) P-value P-value (MV) Rapid aortic growth (n = 10) Slow aortic growth (n = 32) P-value
FL mean reverse flow (mL/cycle) 3.13E-4 ± 1.46E-4 2.21E-4 ± 9.44E-5 0.02* 2.37E-4 ± 1.36E-4 2.98E-4 ± 1.46E-4 0.09
FL mean stasis (%) 1.55 ± 0.46 1.16 ± 0.36 0.01* 0.046* 1.39 ± 0.36 1.46 ± 0.46 0.59
TL mean KE (mJ) 2.82E-5 ± 1.38E-5 1.86E-5 ± 1.03E-5 0.02* 2.29E-5 ± 1.06E-5 2.75E-5 ± 1.48E-5 0.46
TL mean forward flow (mL/cycle) 2.76E-3 ± 9.57E-4 2.04E-3 ± 7.09E-4 0.01* 2.29E-3 ± 8.61E-4 2.63E-3 ± 8.68E-4 0.43
TL peak velocity (cm/s) 5.70 ± 2.05 3.84 ± 1.37 0.01* 0.03* 4.75 ± 1.61 5.45 ± 2.22 0.61
Baseline diameter (mm) 41.97 ± 7.33 50.50 ± 6.87 0.001* 45.90 ± 6.12 43.25 ± 8.00 0.28
Entry tear diameter (mm) 7.59 ± 8.25 11.00 ± 3.69 0.004* 8.50 ± 4.99 7.13 ± 6.94 0.32
FL diameter (mm) 38.33 ± 8.50 46.17 ± 6.77 0.003* 41.50 ± 4.93 39.56 ± 7.81 0.47
KER 3.11E-3 ± 2.34E-3 3.93E-3 ± 2.85E-3 0.41 4.23E-3 ± 2.04E-3 3.02E-3 ± 2.34E-3 0.03*

These groupwise comparisons are explored in the overall cohort. Statistically significant differences are highlighted in bold. *P < 0.05. P-value (MV) = p-value derived from multivariate binary logistic regression.