Data provided by company:
- The CarboMedics prosthesis offered relatively little resistance to forward flow except at small anulus diameters 3
Comments Surgery:
- Bileaflet design, rotatability in-situ, sewing cuff conforms to annulus, low profile
GOA = geometric orifice area.
References:
- Rosenhek et al. Normal Values for Doppler Echocardiographic Assessment of Heart ValveProstheses. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography,November 2003
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- Chambers J. et al., Echocardiographic description of the CarboMedics bileaflet prosthetic heart valve, J Am Coll Cardiol., Februar 1993:21(2):398-405
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