Table 1.
Normal reference values of EOA for the prosthetic aortic valves. EOA is expressed as mean values available in the literature
| No. of Patients,* % | Prosthetic Valve Size, mm | ||||||
| 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 29 | ||
| Stented bioprosthetic valves | |||||||
| Medtronic Intact | 129 (10.2) | 0.85 | 1.02 | 1.27 | 1.40 | 1.66 | 2.04 |
| Medtronic Mosaic | 390 (30.8) | 1.20 | 1.22 | 1.38 | 1.65 | 1.80 | 2.00 |
| Hancock II | 53 (4.2) | ... | 1.18 | 1.33 | 1.46 | 1.55 | 1.60 |
| Carpentier-Edwards Perimount | 59 (4.7) | 1.10 | 1.30 | 1.50 | 1.80 | 1.80 | ... |
| St. Jude Medical X-cell | 21 (1.7) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Stentless bioprosthetic valves | |||||||
| Medtronic freestyle | 368 (29.1) | 1.15 | 1.35 | 1.48 | 2.00 | 2.32 | ... |
| St Jude Medical Toronto SPV | 60 (4.7) | ... | 1.30 | 1.50 | 1.70 | 2.00 | 2.50 |
| Mechanical valves | |||||||
| St Jude Medical Standard | 151 (11.9) | 1.04 | 1.38 | 1.52 | 2.08 | 2.65 | 3.23 |
| St Jude Medical Regent | 13 (1.0) | 1.50 | 2.00 | 2.40 | 2.50 | 3.60 | 4.80 |
| MCRI On-X | 18 (1.4) | 1.50 | 1.70 | 2.00 | 2.40 | 3.20 | 3.20 |
| Carbomedics | 3 (0.2) | 1.00 | 1.54 | 1.63 | 1.98 | 2.41 | 2.63 |
| Björk Shiley CC | 1 (0.1) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
* No. of patients with the prosthesis in the cited study [27]. (Modified from Blais C, et al. Impact of valve prosthesis-patient mismatch on short-term mortality after aortic valve replacement. Circulation 2003:108:983–988, by permission of LWW) [27].