FIGURE 2.
The construction of the rubber gasket aortic root model was based on MSCT images obtained from patients with aortic stenosis. The upper panel shows the outflow side of the aortic root model, and the lower panel shows the inflow side. The MSCT images shown in the bottom half of each panel that were used to scale the model were adapted with permission from Buellesfeld et al.17 NCC, noncoronary cusp; LCC, left coronary cusp; LVOT, left ventricular outflow tract; MSCT, multislice computed tomography; RCC right coronary cusp.