Figure 2. Conduits and aortic valves used for aortic root
replacement.
ATS Aortic Valves Graft Model 502 AG and ATS Open Pivot
valve – ATS Medical, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Carpentier-Edwards
Perimount Aortic Model and Perimount Magna Ease – Edwards
Lifesciences LLC, Irvine, CA, USA;
Carbomedics Carbo-seal – Sorin Group, Milan, Italy;
Medtronic Freestyle – Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, MN, USA;
St Jude Medical Aortic Valved Graft, Epic Heart Valve, Trifecta
Heart Valve and Toronto Root – St Jude Medical, Inc, St Paul, MN, USA;
*All the valves prostheses were used with a Hemashield aortic
graft (Maquet, Wayne, NJ, USA).