2006;9(10):691-696. The following sections present information about the most commonly implanted (contemporary) mechanical and bioprosthetic heart valves. The intent is to familiarize the reader ...

The flow and nonflow surface of this valve's sewing cuff is carbon coated in an effort to reduce thrombosis. [21] Jagdish Butany, MBBS, MS, FRCPC, Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital ...

Figure 3d shows a clot under the shield but a perfectly functioning valve. We were at last on the right track. We could follow these animals for a few years, measuring cardiac and prosthetic ...

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.

The global market for cardiac prosthetic devices is anticipated to ... such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), have made the market shift from traditional open-heart surgeries ...

MEDLINE 7. Vongpatanasin W, Hilis LD, Lange RA et al.: Prosthetic heart valves. N Engl J Med 1996; 335: 407–16. MEDLINE 8. Borger MA, Ivanov J, Armstrong S, Christie-Hrybinski D, Feindel CM ...