Clinical Study
Ascending Aortic Wall Cohesion: Comparison of Bicuspid and Tricuspid Valves
Table 2
Underlying pathology.
| | Group 1
() | Group 2
() | value* |
| | Aortic stenosis | 23 (52.3) | 61 (41.8) | 0.22 | | Aortic insufficiency | 9 (20.5) | 51 (34.9) | 0.07 | | Combination AS + AI | 11 (25.0) | 19 (13.0) | 0.06 | | Ascending aneurysm | 18 (40.9) | 48 (32.9) | 0.33 | | Aortic root dilatation | 2 (4.5) | 3 (2.1) | 0.37 | | Marfan syndrome | 1 (2.3) | 0 | 0.07 | | Dissection | 1 (2.3) | 9 (6.2) | 0.31 | | Calcification 0 | 10 (22.7) | 63 (43.2) | 0.02 | | Calcification 1 | 4 (9.1) | 17 (11.6) | 0.64 | | Calcification 2 | 11 (25.0) | 43 (29.5) | 0.57 | | Calcification 3 | 19 (43.2) | 23 (15.8) | 0.001 |
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Data are presented as number (%); AS: aortic stenosis; AI: aortic insufficiency; *group 1 versus group 2.
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