. 2022 Aug 2;23(15):8567. doi: 10.3390/ijms23158567

Table 1.

Dimensions of the aortic valve scaffold.

Parameters	Value	Literature Range	Description
$R_{b}$	13 mm	11.3–14 mm	Radius of the base
$R_{c}$	0.9 $R_{b}$	0.78–1.0 $R_{b}$	Radius of the commissures
$H$	1.24 $R_{b}$	1.34–1.5 $R_{b}$	Valve height
$H_{s}$	0.5 $R_{b}$	0.71 $R_{b}$	Commissures height
$C_{c}$	0.26 $R_{b}$	0.20–0.26 $R_{b}$	Coaptation height
$d_{s}$	1.61 $R_{b}$	1.32–1.4 $R_{b}$	Radius of the outermost wall of the sinus
$h_{s}$	1.4 $R_{b}$	1.52–1.96 $R_{b}$	Sinus height
$h_{l}$	20 mm	$-$	Extension of the aortic valve wall
$ϕ$	25 $°$	29–51 $°$	Angle of the free edge to the plane through the three commissures
$α$	22 $°$	15–25 $°$ [55] *	Angle of the bottom surface of the leaflet to the plane through the three commissures
$L_{f}$	1.92 $R_{b}$	2.42–2.48 $R_{b}$	Length of the leaflet free edge
$L_{h}$	1.41 $R_{b}$	1.2–1.4 $R_{b}$ [55,56] *	Length of the leaflet in the radial direction
$e_{l}$	1.5 mm	0.25–1.33 mm [57] **	Leaflets thickness
$e_{b}$	2.0 mm	0.6–1.977 mm	Thickness at the base
$e_{c}$	1.5 mm	1.824–2.138 mm	Thickness at commissures and sinus ends
$e_{o}$	1.5 mm	2.128–2.137 mm [58]	Thickness at the base of the ascending aorta
$R_{f o}$	2.9 mm	$-$	Length between the center of the aortic valve and the leaflet
$θ$	8.3 $°$	$-$ [59]	Angle between the commissure and the center of the aortic valve

* Dimensions correspond to an aortic valve subjected to a pressure of 100 mmHg. ** Thinnest to thickest section.