Assessment of anatomy of the aorta in patients with a coarctation of aorta

The Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Table 3 Correlation of aortic anatomy with each other

	Ascending aorta size Z-score		Aortic arch size z-score		Aortic isthmus size z-score		Descending aorta size z-score		Ao in a diaphragm level size z-score
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Ascending aorta size z-score
Aortic arch size z-score	.660	< .001***
Aortic isthmus size z-score	.137	.398	.422	.007 **
Descending aorta size z-score	.111	.494	.254	.114	.025	.880
Ao in a diaphragm level size z-score	− .143	.378	− .141	.386	− .345	.029*	.469	.002*