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. 2011 Dec 23;22(6):1278–1286. doi: 10.1007/s00330-011-2360-7

Table 2.

Coronary artery segments and valve-related artefacts specified per prosthetic heart valve (PHV) manufacturer type in aortic position

PHV position PHV manufacturer PHV type Present segments*/non-assessable due to PHV artefacts Non-diagnostic coronary segments due to PHV artefacts
Carbomedics 307/0 None
Aortic St Jude Bileaflet 117/2 2× RCA segment 1
Sorin 77/3 2× RCA segment 1
1× LCX segment 11
ON-X 69/0 None
Medtronic Hall Tilting disc 127/0 None
Björk–Shiley 34/11 3× RCA segment 1
3× RCA segment 2
1× LCX segment 11
1× MO segment 12
2× LCX segment 13
1 × MO segment 14
Sorin 16/2 1 × RCA segment 1
1 × RCA segment 2
CE Perimount Biological 218/0 None
Medtronic Mosaic 31/0 None
Freestyle 15/0 None
Mitroflow 16/0 None
Epic St Jude 27/0 None

* Total number of present segments in Tables 1, 2 and 3 is higher than 1160 owing to multiple assessment of coronary segments in patients with multiple PHVs as the segments are presented for each PHV separately