This paper reviews a number of contemporary prosthetic heart valves that are available for implantation in patients for whom valve repair is not possible. There are two major types of PHV ...

For the first implant we had to determine the size, shape and type of valvular mechanism ... In addition, many had areas of prosthetic valve separation at the suture line due in part, I thought ...

Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a rare but potentially lethal complication of heart valve replacement. The current clinical profile of PVE is not well defined. As a consequence, Wang et al.