Table 3.

Reference values of effective orifice area for bioprosthetic aortic valves.

		Size, mm		Prosthetic		Valve
		19	21	23	25	27	29
	No. of Patients	54	98	90	51	17	1
Mosaic Porcine	121		1.4	1.5	1.8	1.9	2.1
Freestyle	4		1.4	1.7	2.1	2.5
Mitroflow	1	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.8
Carpentier Edwards Standard	166	0.9	1.5	1.7	1.9	2.3	2.8
stented porcine
Carpentier Edwards Pericardial	19	1.2	1.5	1.8
stented bovine pericardial