Table 1

Effective orifice area, transvalvular pressure drop, and systolic energy losses for all configurations at all stroke volumes: mean value, ±SD and percentage value with respect to configuration representing an aligned valve within native leaflets

Global parameterStroke volume (mL)C1C2C3C4
Effective orifice area (cm2)28.61.71±0.021.98±0.02 (115%)2.36±0.02 (138%)2.03±0.02 (119%)
50.02.21±0.022.24±0.02 (101%)2.51±0.03 (114%)2.35±0.02 (106%)
71.42.35±0.022.32±0.02 (99%)2.55±0.03 (109%)2.44±0.02 (104%)
92.9 (86.2 for TA2)2.33±0.022.42±0.02 (104%)2.52±0.03 (108%)2.40±0.02 (103%)
Pressure difference (mm Hg)28.63.3±0.083.1±0.08 (94%)2.1±0.06 (63%)2.8±0.07 (85%)
50.04.8±0.114.4±0.10 (92%)3.8±0.09 (78%)4.3±0.10 (90%)
71.48.1±0.148.2±0.14 (101%)7.1±0.12 (88%)7.8±0.13 (96%)
92.9 (86.2 for TA2)14.1±0.2111.9±0.18 (84%)13.5±0.20 (96%)14.7±0.23 (104%)
Systolic energy losses (mJ)28.65.4±0.35.3±0.2 (98%)7.1±0.3 (131%)8.2±0.4 (152%)
50.032.8±0.728.1±0.6 (85%)25.8±0.6 (78%)31.7±0.7 (97%)
71.482.4±2.078.0±1.8 (95%)71.3±1.8 (87%)77.8±1.9 (94%)
92.9 (86.2 for TA2)203.8±4.8164.8±4.5 (71%)190.5±5.2 (93%)227.2±5.8 (111%)