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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Heart Valve Dis. 2012 Mar;21(2):247–252.

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Operative and post-mortem anatomy. A) Intraoperative image of pulmonary valvectoamy, demonstrating a partially occlusive Satinsky clamp across the RVOT/pulmonary annulus. The pulmonary artery has been opened and a pulmonary valve leaflet is being excised. B) Intraoperative image of the completed transannular patch repair. C) Post-mortem specimen of an excised heart from one of the study animals. The RVOT/PA have been laid open by a longitudinal incision through the PA/patch/RVOT, showing thai there only two pulmonary valve leaflets remain intact. LAA: Left atrial appendage; PA: Pulmonary artery; RV: Right ventricle; RVOT: Right ventricular outflow tract.