Fig. 2
From: Early and midterm outcomes of a bentall operation using an all-biological valved BioConduit™
Transthoracic echocardiography, long axis parasternal view with same patient early post-operatory (A) and (C) and 1-year follow up exam (B) and (D), showing a shrinkage of the aortic annulus at 1 year (measured at the level of the yellow arrows), from 18 to 14 mm (A) and (C) together with a transaortic mean gradient and maximal velocity by Doppler continuous wave interrogation, from 2,4 m/sec and 12 mmHg (B) to 4,6 m/sec and 59 mmHg (D)