Data provided by company:

• No valve specific characteristics available

Comments Surgery:

• Bileaflet valve design, Gelweave graft, no preclotting, sinus of Valsalva replicates the native sinus, (reduced stress on coronary anastomoses), sewing cuff conforms to annulus, rotatability in-situ

Comments Echocardiography:

• No data available on hemodynamic performance of valved conduit. However, the valve within the graft is identical to the carbomedics standard aortic prosthesis.

References:

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