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Table 1 Patient clinical characteristics

From: Aorta-specific DNA methylation patterns in cell-free DNA from patients with bicuspid aortic valve-associated aortopathy

Parameter

Study population

Age (years)

49.3 ± 14.9

Male (%)

20 (87)

BAV classification

 Type 0 (lateral)

1

 Type 1 (RL)

15

 Type 2 (RN)

7

Maximum aortic diameter (cm)

4.67 ± 0.52

Aortic valve surgical procedure

 Repair

3

 Replacement

20

Ascending aorta surgical procedure

 Ascending aorta replacement

20

 Root replacement

2

 Hemi-arch reconstruction

1

  1. Data reported as n or mean with standard deviation. BAV types were grouped according to the Sievers classification scheme (36). RL, right-left coronary cusp fusion; RN, right-non-coronary cusp fusion