The aorta after coarctation repair – effects of calibre and curvature on arterial haemodynamics

Table 1 Univariable linear relationships between shape indices and hemodynamic variables ^*Log transformed for normality

	c-SBP		p-SBP		TACi*		BCW		FCW		LVMi		LVEF
Variable	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
PC Curvature 1	− 0.100	0.448	− 0.146	0.267	0.019	0.887	−0.143	0.276	0.118	0.371	−0.006	0.966	0.106	0.420
PC Curvature 2	−0.189	0.149	−0.122	0.354	0.001	0.996	0.142	0.279	0.011	0.936	−0.057	0.665	−0.132	0.315
PC Curvature 3	0.039	0.765	0.066	0.617	−0.046	0.728	0.028	0.832	0.003	0.979	0.111	0.398	0.055	0.679
PC Curvature 4*	0.006	0.966	−0.146	0.267	0.178	0.174	0.025	0.848	−0.216	0.098	0.039	0.767	−0.176	0.178
PC Curvature 5	0.055	0.679	−0.048	0.715	0.119	0.367	0.222	0.088	0.173	0.185	0.050	0.703	−0.019	0.885
PC Radius 1	0.132	0.314	0.156	0.233	0.035	0.792	−0.360	0.005	0.072	0.585	0.143	0.275	−0.202	0.121
PC Radius 2*	−0.158	0.228	−0.170	0.195	0.226	0.082	−0.056	0.671	−0.085	0.519	0.023	0.860	0.094	0.476
PC Radius 3*	0.036	0.784	0.083	0.527	−0.075	0.567	0.271	0.036	0.276	0.033	−0.038	0.775	0.086	0.513
PC Radius 4	−0.269	0.037	−0.232	0.074	−0.087	0.511	−0.306	0.017	−0.075	0.571	−0.098	0.458	0.127	0.334
PC Radius 5	0.175	0.182	−0.020	0.878	−0.070	0.594	0.118	0.371	0.138	0.294	−0.043	0.744	−0.031	0.812
Coarctation index^a	−0.234	0.073	−0.304	0.018	0.269	0.038	−0.054	0.682	−0.152	0.246	0.033	0.802	−0.038	0.776
Arch index	−0.242	0.062	−0.256	0.048	0.045	0.735	−0.175	0.182	−0.231	0.076	−0.089	0.499	0.043	0.742

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