High postoperative transprosthetic pressure gradients may indicate patient-prosthesis mismatch rather than intrinsic prosthesis dysfunction, highlighting the importance of calculating projected indexed effective orifice area preoperatively.
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Preoperative projected indexed effective orifice area calculation warrants consideration to distinguish mismatch from dysfunction; leaves open human applicability.
Dumesnil et al. (1992) studied this question.
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