Patient’s characteristics, valve dysfunction, aortic diameters and dilation according to the presence of raphe
| Variable |
No raphe n=144 (18.8%) |
Raphe n=644 (81.2%) | p Value |
| Demographics and clinical data | |||
| Age, years | 46.2±17.2 | 47.6±16.7 | 0.32 |
| Female, n (%) | 93 (65) | 465 (72) | 0.08 |
| BSA, kg/m2 | 1.83±0.22 | 1.85±0.19 | 0.50 |
| Smoker, n (%) | 16 (11.8) | 91 (14.4) | 0.496 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 50 (36.5) | 201 (31.5) | 0.269 |
| Valve dysfunction | |||
| Non-significant, n (%) | 94 (65.3) | 314 (48.7) | 0.001 |
| AS dominant, n (%) | 16 (11.1) | 166 (25.8) | |
| AR dominant, n (%) | 34 (23.6) | 164 (25.4) | |
| Aortic diameter | |||
| Aortic annulus, mm | 23.6±3.3 | 23.2±3.3 | 0.174 |
| Aortic root, mm | 37.1±6.3 | 36.8±5.6 | 0.515 |
| STJ, mm | 31.1±6.0 | 30.4±6.5 | 0.071 |
| Ascending aorta, mm | 40.6±7.1 | 41.1±7.6 | 0.652 |
| Aortic arch, mm | 30.1±5.55 | 31.7±5.5 | 0.238 |
| Aortic dilation | |||
| Non-dilation, n (%) | 22 (15.3) | 121 (18.8) | 0.341 |
| Root dilation, n (%) | 60 (41.7) | 214 (33.2) | 0.066 |
| Ascending aorta dilation, n (%) | 116 (81.1) | 498 (77.6) | 0.373 |
AR, aortic regurgitation; AS, aortic stenosis; BSA, body surface area; STJ, sinotubular junction.