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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Oct;90(4):1202–1211. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.018

Table 1.

Valves Implanted and Effective Orifice Area Based on Referenced Normal Values

Effective Orifice Area (cm2) Patients 25 mm 27 mm 29 mm 31 mm 33 mm References
Bioprosthetic valves
    Hancock Standard 150 1.4 1.6 2.0 1.9 2.5 15, 19
    Carpentier-Edwards Pericardial 80 1.8 2.0 2.5 2.7 2.7 11, 12, 19
    Hancock II 64 1.5 2.0 2.3 2.8 2.9 12, 16
    Carpentier-Edwards Porcine 12 1.9 2.4 2.8 15, 19
    Biocor 12 1.2 2.3 2.2 18
    Medtronic Mosaic 7 1.6 1.8 1.9 11, 17
Mechanical valves
    St. Jude Medical 359 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.4 11, 12, 19
    Carbomedics 29 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 12, 19
    Medtronic-Hall 25 2.2 2.7 3.2 3.4 3.5 12, 19
    On-X 19 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 11, 12
    Other mechanicala 8
a

Different values for each valve type.