1. Stent and Leaflet Stresses in 29-mm Second-Generation Balloon-Expandable Transcatheter Aortic Valve 
Yue Xuan, PhD, Kapil Krishnan, PhD, Jian Ye, MD, Danny Dvir, MD, Julius M. Guccione, PhD, Liang Ge, PhD, Elaine E. Tseng, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 104, Issue 3, Pages (September 2017)
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2. Fig 1
(a) Geometry of 29-mm Sapien XT. (b) Finite element meshes of 29-mm Sapien XT. (c) Regions of interest: region 1, upper leaflet free edges; region 2, lower leaflet belly; and region 3, sutured leaflet edges. (d) Mesh of leaflet sutured to stent and Dacron. (e) Mesh of Dacron sutured to stent.
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3. Fig 2
For 29-mm Sapien XT, (a) maximum (Max) and (b) minimum (Min) principal stresses (S) of stent at diastole, and (c) maximum and (d) minimum principal stresses at systole. (Avg = average.)
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4. Fig 3
For 29-mm Sapien XT, (a) maximum (Max) and (b) minimum (Min) principal stresses (S) on leaflets at diastole, and (c) maximum and (d) minimum principal stresses at systole. (Avg = average; SNEG = leaflet surface.)
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5. Fig 4
For compressed 26-mm Sapien XT, (a) maximum (Max) and (b) minimum (Min) principal stresses (S) of stent at diastole, and (c) maximum and (d) minimum principal stresses at systole. (Avg = average.)
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6. Fig 5
For compressed 26-mm Sapien XT, (a) maximum (Max) and (b) minimum (Min) principal stresses on leaflets at diastole, and (c) maximum and (d) minimum principal stresses at systole. (Avg = average; SNEG = leaflet surface.)
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7. Fig 6
Maximum (Max) principal strain of (a) 29-mm and (b) 26-mm Sapien XT under diastolic pressure. (Avg = average; LE = logarithmic strain; SNEG = leaflet surface.)
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