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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: ASAIO J. 2010 May–Jun;56(3):157–163. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3181d861f1

Table 2.

Mesh sizes

Cannula LV (tet) Cannula tip (tet) Cannula (hex) Total (M)
Cell sizes (mm) Cell number (M) Cell sizes (mm) Cell number (M) Radial size (mm) Axial size Cell number (M)
Smallest cells Largest cells Smallest cells Largest cells Cell closest to wall Core cells
12 F 0.2 2.0 0.76 0.02 0.2 3.87 0.02 0.2 1.0 0.47 5.11
16 F 0.2 2.0 0.76 0.015 0.2 3.66 0.015 0.15 1.0 0.36 4.79
24 F 0.2 2.0 0.59 0.011 0.2 2.50 0.011 0.11 1.0 0.38 3.47