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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Nov 27;39(3):538–547. doi: 10.1007/s00246-017-1785-4

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Simulated Valve Surgery in Molded (top) and directly printed valves(bottom) (A) Molded silicone valve cuts and realistically holds suture; (B) Directly printed valve is relatively brittle when cutting and tears easily at suture sites; (C) Simulated annuloplasty on tricuspid molded valve demonstrating realistic “cinching” of the suture to reduce the annular circumference; (D) Simulated annuloplasty on directly printed valve does not cinch and excessive suture tension results in tearing through relatively brittle material.