A new guiding strategy for treating the free margin of the leaflet in an aortic root remodelling procedure

Table 2 The measured data during the surgery

	BSA (m²)	Aortic annulus (mm)	Size and type of the graft	L- leaflet gH FML (mm)		R- leaflet gH FML (mm)		N-leaflet gH FML (mm)		TEE eH (mm)	TEE CL (mm)
1	1.76	25	26 mm T	18	30	20	31	20	32	10	6
2	1.84	27	26 mm V	19	32	19	30	22	32	10	6
3	1.51	28	28 mm T	16	35^#	17	32	17	31	9	5.5
4	2.09	28	28 mm T	20	32	16	32	20	35^#	10	5.5
5	1.55	28	26 mm T	17	32	15	31	20	38^#	7	4
6	1.93	29	28 mm V	18	33	18	31	20	34	8	4.5
7	1.94	25	26 mm V	25	42^#	20	48^#	20	55^#	11	7
8	2.04	32	30 mm T	20	45^#	18	40^#	22	41^#	8	5
9	2.01	29	28 mm T	22	38^#	22	34	22	38^#	7	5
10	1.84	28	28 mm T	17	33	19	44^#	19	46^#	10	5.5
11	2.11	29	28 mm T	25	41^#	25	43^#	25	41^#	8	4
12	2.01	28	28 mm T	20	41^#	21	43^#	20	39^#	9	5

Note: BSA, body surface area; V, Valsalva Dacron graft; T, tubular Dacron graft; L-leaflet, left coronary leaflet; R-leaflet, right coronary leaflet; N-leaflet, noncoronary leaflet; gH, geometric height; FML, free margin length; eH, effective height; CL, coaptation length; TEE, transoesophageal echocardiography. ^#, indicating the leaflet be plicated

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