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Figure 1 This is the appearance of the Symmetry device ex vivo (A), on fluoroscopy viewed perpendicularly to the aorta (B), and in an idealized depiction (C). The hooks attach the saphenous vein graft (SVG) to the device and the nitinol struts anchor the device on the inner and outer walls of the aorta.