Synthetic aortic valve | Prosthesis I | Prosthesis II | Prosthesis III | |
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a. Peaks of flow deviation (mean min/max) [ml/s] | 5.28 (−4.92 to 15.48) at S2 to −41.03 (−51.23 to −30.83) at S7 | 55.47 (49.54 to 61.39) at S4 to −32.41 (−38.34 to −26.49) at S8 | 132.20 (126.13 to 138.27) at S2 to - 22.20 (− 28.27 to −16.13) at S5 | 119.13 (112.14 to 126.12) at S3 to - 21.15 (− 28.14 to - 14.16) at S6 |
b. Absolute flow variation [ml/s] | 46 | 88 | 154 | 140 |
Percentage according to baseline [%] | 15 | 29 | 53 | 35 |
c. Significance within 15% range of equivalence [ml/s] | all positions, except S7 +/−47.08 | all positions, except S3 & S4 +/−44.91 | all positions, except S2 & S3 +/−43.94 | all positions, except S3 +/−32.20 |
Significance within 20% range of equivalence [ml/s] | all positions +/−62.77 | all positions, except S4 +/−59.87 | all positions, except S2 & S3 +/−58.59 | all positions, except S3 +/−42.94 |
d. Convergence to reference flow [mm] | 19.8 (S5) | 13.2 (S4) | 13.2 (S4) |