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All Stroke at 1 Year
Note: The confidence intervals are calculated without multiplicity adjustment. The
adjusted confidence intervals could be wider than presented here. As such, confidence
intervals are provided to illustrate the variability only and should not be used to draw
any statistical conclusion.
Valve Performance
The mean EOA increased from 0.6 ± 0.2 cm
2
at baseline to 1.5 ± 0.4 cm
2
at 30 days and 1.4 ± 0.4 cm
2
at
1 year, as shown in Figure 13.
Effective Orifice Area
Effective Orifice Area (EOA)
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
Baseline 30 Day 1 Year
0.6 0.6 0.6
1.5 1.5 1.5
1.4
1.4 1.4