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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Dec 23;153(5):1065–1073. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.12.016

Figure 1.

Figure 1

a) Regions of interest studied for stress distribution in leaflets: region 1: upper leaflet free edges; region 2: lower leaflet belly; and region 3: sutured leaflet edges. b) Geometry of 26mm Sapien TAV. c) TAV finite element mesh.