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We report our clinical experience of VAD implantation in patients with prosthetic heart valves, including both mechanical and bioprosthetic valves. (nih.gov)
Six of these patients had a prosthetic valve in place at the time of device implantation. (nih.gov)
Percutaneous heart valve replacement (PHVR) is an emerging, catheter-based technology that allows for implantation of a prosthetic valve without open heart surgery. (duke.edu)
One of the most important new treatment options is the percutaneous treatment for aortic valve stenosis (transcatheter aortic valve implantation), since aortic valve disease is a rather common problem in elderly patients, with many of them at high risk for surgery. (bmj.com)
Foremost in the development of percutaneous treatment options for aortic valve stenosis, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has improved the treatment options for elderly patients with aortic valve stenosis. (bmj.com)
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a well-recognized and established therapy for severe aortic stenosis, with expanding indications toward younger patients with low surgical risk profile. (frontiersin.org)
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been widely recognized as a safe and effective treatment for aortic stenosis (AS) in patients who cannot undergo surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or are at high or intermediate surgical risk ( 1 - 4 ). (frontiersin.org)
Prosthesis implantation. (lookformedical.com)
When only portions of the mandible are replaced, it is referred to as MANDIBULAR PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION. (lookformedical.com)
To the best of our knowledge, this sophisticated coagulation assessment has not been performed to characterise thrombotic changes in the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) setting, nor have the two latest iteration cartridge-based systems been directly compared in the elective perioperative period. (bmj.com)
Current intraoperative antithrombotic regimes for patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) are based on data and strategies extrapolated from percutaneous coronary intervention. (bmj.com)
Certain embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to prostheses for implantation within a lumen or body cavity. (justia.com)
After formal discussion in the heart team, the patient was scheduled for TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation). (hunimed.eu)
The TAVI procedure was performed with the implantation of a fully retrievable and repositionable aortic valve prosthesis (Direct Flow 29 mm, Direct Flow Medical, Santa Rosa, California) with an excellent result and no paravalvular leak. (hunimed.eu)
The TAVI devices designed for the treatment of calcific aortic stenosis have numerous limitations for the treatment of pure AR such as the risk of residual AR, the lack of repositionability and retrievability, and the need for valve- in-valve implantation. (hunimed.eu)
Implantation of prosthetic cardiac valves to treat hemodynamically significant aortic or mitral valve disease has become increasingly common. (medscape.com)

Although the risk of valve related thromboembolic complications may generally be only slightly increased during the short perioperative period, in the presence of certain risk factors, replacement of oral anticoagulation with heparin is recommended. (bmj.com)
This report dramatically shows that despite improvements in prosthetic heart valve design and in the management of anticoagulation, thrombosis remains one of the most dangerous complications after valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis. (bmj.com)
To evaluate the outcome of pregnancy in women with mechanical heart valve prostheses in relation to the anticoagulant treatment used in the first trimester and the incidence of thrombotic and bleeding complications. (qxmd.com)
Ventricular assist device (VAD) support inpatients with a prosthetic heart valve had previously been considered a relative contraindication due to an increased risk of thromboembolic complications. (nih.gov)
BACKGROUND: All currently available mechanical and bioprosthetic valves are associated with various types of deterioration leading to dysfunction and/or valvular complications. (koreamed.org)
Evaluation of prosthetic valve function and associated complications. (meduniver.com)
All patients with left sided IE had serious complications (heart failure, periannular abscess formation, or shock) requiring surgery in 60% (three of five patients) of cases with an overall mortality rate of 80% (four of five patients). (uab.cat)
The combined analysis of these 69 cases showed that native valve IE (53 patients, 77%) is characterised by mitral valve involvement and frequent complications such as heart failure, abscess formation, and embolism. (uab.cat)
Replacement of diseased valves with prosthetic heart valves reduces the morbidity and mortality associated with native valvular disease, but it comes at the expense of risking complications related to the implanted prosthetic device. (medscape.com)

The latest addition to Medtronic's tissue valve portfolio, 3f ® Aortic Bioprosthesis, is the only pericardial tissue valve designed to function like a native human aortic valve. (medtronic.com)
Pressure fixation of valves can compromise the function and durability of the bioprosthesis. (medtronic.com)
The reoperation rate was 12.1% in the bioprosthetic valve group at 15 years and 6.9% in the mechanical valve group, while major bleeding occurred in 6.6% of bioprosthesis patients and in 13.0% of the mechanical-valve group. (medscape.com)

In the presented patient, unusually fulminant and finally fatal thrombosis of a mechanical mitral valve prosthesis developed within only 48 hours after non-cardiac surgery despite heparin treatment. (bmj.com)
However, in tran- due to mechanical valve thrombosis is continued despite medical treatment. (who.int)
In this paper, we report a rare case of myocardial infarction, which occurred as a result of a coronary embolism in a patient with prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis. (who.int)
Mechanical valve thrombosis and the patient presented with non-ST prosthetic valve was non-obstructive causes embolism rarely. (who.int)
Yet another challenge arises when trying to reduce the likelihood of thrombosis within parts of the replacement valves. (justia.com)
Bioprosthetic valves (see the image below) used in heart valve replacement generally offer functional properties (eg, hemodynamics, resistance to thrombosis) that are more similar to those of native valves. (medscape.com)

Patients with heart valve prosthesis (HVP) and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) are at risk for endocarditis. (lu.se)
There are many potential causes of heart valve damage, such as birth defects, age related changes, and effects from other disorders, such as rheumatic fever and infections causing endocarditis. (wikipedia.org)
Infective Endocarditis in a Hancock bioprosthetic heart valve. (horizonnb.ca)
Staphylococcus lugdunensis infective endocarditis: description of 10 cases and analysis of native valve, prosthetic valve, and pacemaker lead endocarditis clinical profiles. (uab.cat)
RESULTS: 10 cases of IE caused by S lugdunensis were identified at our institutions, representing 0.8% (four of 467), 1.5% (two of 135), and 7.8% (four of 51) of cases of native valve, prosthetic valve, and pacemaker lead endocarditis in the non-drug misusers. (uab.cat)
Dive into the research topics of 'Staphylococcus lugdunensis infective endocarditis: description of 10 cases and analysis of native valve, prosthetic valve, and pacemaker lead endocarditis clinical profiles. (uab.cat)
New and modified recommendations have been made regarding indications for antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis (IE), the use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart valve disease, indications for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), surgical management of patients with primary and secondary mitral regurgitation (MR), and management of patients with a heart valve prosthesis. (clinicaladvisor.com)
Noninfective Endocarditis Noninfective endocarditis refers to formation of sterile platelet and fibrin thrombi on cardiac valves and adjacent endocardium in response to trauma, circulating immune complexes, vasculitis. (msdmanuals.com)
Massive bacteremia or particularly virulent microorganisms (eg, Staphylococcus aureus ) cause endocarditis on normal valves. (msdmanuals.com)
Endocarditis usually involves the heart valves. (msdmanuals.com)
Infective endocarditis occurs most often on the left side (eg, mitral or aortic valve). (msdmanuals.com)
A history of fever should raise the possibility of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE). (medscape.com)

Conclusion-The results imply better hemodynamics for the Triflo trileaflet valve based on hydrodynamic arguments under the discussed hypothesis. (city.ac.uk)
We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the valve hemodynamics of the Ross procedure versus other AVR. (mcmaster.ca)
Polymer leaflet valves can offer advantages in hemodynamics and the potential for better durability over bioprosthetic valves. (tainstruments.com)

Pharmacological Treatments in Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced and Preserved Ejection Fraction: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. (qxmd.com)
of heart Failure Treatment study. (qxmd.com)
with heart failure, including non-diabetics. (qxmd.com)
Both processes put strain on the heart and may lead to serious problems, including heart failure. (wikipedia.org)
High blood pressure and heart failure which can enlarge the heart and arteries, and scar tissue can form after a heart attack or injury. (wikipedia.org)
The various prosthetic cardiac valves included a mechanical aortic valve (n = 2), a bioprosthetic aortic valve (n = 3), and a mechanical mitral valve (n = 1).The indications for VAD support included bridge to transplantation (n = 2), bridge to recovery (n = 1), and postcardiotomy ventricular failure(n = 3). (nih.gov)
Of the three survivors,two were successfully bridged to heart transplantation and one recovered native ventricular function.Among the three nonsurvivors,acute renal failure developed in each case, and two developed heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. (nih.gov)
Age, calcium metabolism and glutaraldehyde pretreatment all contribute to the failure of tissue valves. (medtronic.com)
In this case, since there could be significant fatigue damage without complete material rupture, failure and the end of the test was defined as 100% strain of the material, which was deemed beyond the usefulness of this material in a functional heart valve. (tainstruments.com)
Even when promptly recognized and treated, acute prosthetic valve failure is associated with a high mortality rate. (medscape.com)
Introduction and Aims: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is an important cause of heart failure (HF) among children. (bvsalud.org)
Heart Failure was the most common cause of death. (bvsalud.org)
Seven died of sudden cardiac death, three from heart failure, and one from ventricular arrhythmias. (bvsalud.org)

Heart valves can malfunction for a variety of reasons, which can impede the flow of blood through the valve (stenosis) and/or let blood flow backwards through the valve (regurgitation). (wikipedia.org)
We reviewed data of 64 patients who underwent reoperation because of prosthetic valve malfunction from January 1991 to December 1995. (koreamed.org)
14. Baumgartner H, Schima H, Kuhn P. Effect of prosthetic valve malfunction on the Doppler-catheter gradient relation for bileaflet aortic valve prostheses. (meduniver.com)
Echocardiographic study of malfunction of the Bjork-Shiley prosthetic heart valve in the mitral position. (meduniver.com)
Signs and symptoms of prosthetic heart valve malfunction depend on the type of valve, its location, and the nature of the complication. (medscape.com)

From January 1988 to December 1995, 27 patients, 11 men and 16 women, underwent surgical intervention at our institution for prosthetic valve dysfunctions. (koreamed.org)
Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is the only treatment known to improve symptoms and survival in patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis. (duke.edu)
The MitraClip is a promising percutaneous alternative to surgical valve repair or replacement. (bmj.com)
The goal of the trial was to assess the safety and efficacy of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with the self-expanding CoreValve compared with surgical AVR (SAVR) in intermediate-risk patients. (acc.org)
Surgical insertion of a prosthesis. (lookformedical.com)
Surgical insertion of synthetic material to repair injured or diseased heart valves. (lookformedical.com)
Surgical insertion of BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES to repair injured or diseased blood vessels. (lookformedical.com)
The recommendation for either surgical AVR or TAVR among high-risk patients with severe, symptomatic AS (stage D), after consideration by a heart valve team, was changed from Class IIa (LOE B) to Class I (LOE A). (clinicaladvisor.com)
After consideration by a heart valve team, TAVR is a reasonable alternative to surgical AVR for patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis (stage D) and intermediate surgical risk (Class IIa, LOE B-R). (clinicaladvisor.com)
They released, "In order to address these problems, besides surgical techniques for the repair of diseased heart valves, current strategies are focusing on the improvement and development of heart valve prostheses. (majortests.com)
This document describes in vitro methods of measurement of the sizing parameters for surgical valves (referring to mechanical and stented bioprosthetic valves only here and hereafter). (iso.org)

From the perspective of the Indian public, the device may have fulfilled its purpose by crashing prices for most artificial heart valves. (globalhealth.care)
Artificial heart valves can be separated into three broad classes: mechanical heart valves, bioprosthetic tissue valves and engineered tissue valves. (wikipedia.org)
The three main types of artificial heart valves are mechanical, biological (bioprosthetic/tissue), and tissue-engineered valves. (wikipedia.org)
Data describing usage rates for other types of prostheses and assistive devices has been harder to find (for example, dental prostheses, cochlear implants, artificial heart valves, etc). (kk.org)

In patients with prosthetic heart valves non-cardiac surgery may require temporary discontinuation of oral anticoagulation. (bmj.com)
Patients who use illicit intravenous drugs, immunocompromised patients, patients with prosthetic heart valves and other intracardiac devices are at highest risk. (msdmanuals.com)

Medtronic's tissue valve expertise benefits from more than 40 years of experience, research, and skill, allowing us to provide the world with not only choice, but with advanced features that make a difference in patients' lives. (medtronic.com)
Our third generation of tissue valve technology brings you AOA ® tissue treatment, the Physiologic Fixation™ process, and now, the Cinch ® Implant System - demonstrating our commitment to innovation. (medtronic.com)
AOA treatment is Medtronic's biochemical approach to mitigating calcification in the wall and leaflets of tissue valves. (medtronic.com)
1,2,3 The Physiologic Fixation process, used in Medtronic's third generation tissue valves, was developed to address the problem of structural valve deterioration caused by mechanical stress and is designed to maintain native collagen structure and porcine aortic root and leaflet geometry. (medtronic.com)
One such strategy is heart valve tissue engineering aimed at the fabrication of living autologous replacements. (majortests.com)
In particular, certain embodiments relate to expandable prostheses such as replacement heart valves, such as for the mitral valve, that are configured to be secured to intralumenal tissue and prevent paravalvular leakage. (justia.com)
For example, mechanical and tissue-based heart valve prostheses can be used to replace impaired native heart valves. (justia.com)
More recently, substantial effort has been dedicated to developing replacement heart valves, particularly tissue-based replacement heart valves that can be delivered with less trauma to the patient than through open heart surgery. (justia.com)
Such replacement valves often include a tissue-based valve body that is connected to an expandable frame that is then delivered to the native valve's annulus. (justia.com)
An additional challenge relates to the ability of such prostheses to be secured relative to intralumenal tissue, e.g., tissue within any body lumen or cavity, in an atraumatic manner. (justia.com)

This is an important difference between India and the U.S., where the leading cause of cardiac valvular stenosis or regurgitation (the two symptoms indicating structural damage and the need for replacement surgery) is Degenerative Heart Disease, a potential condition of old age. (globalhealth.care)
For example, the MitraClip is a device approved by the US FDA as a less invasive way to treat mitral regurgitation due to degenerative disease in patients with prohibitive risk for mitral valve surgery. (globalhealth.care)
This targets a substantial portion of the market for valve replacement as mitral valve regurgitation is the most common form of heart valve disease in the U.S., suggesting that there are even more Mitral Valve Replacement surgeries per year than the 20,000 or so Aortic Valve Replacement surgeries per year. (globalhealth.care)
Cardiac transplant with valve regurgitation due to a structurally abnormal valve. (dentalcare.com)
21. Chambers J, Monaghan M, Jackson G. Colour flow Doppler mapping in the assessment of prosthetic valve regurgitation. (meduniver.com)
Developer of catheter-based valve replacement system designed for minimally invasive treatment of tricuspid valve regurgitation. (pitchbook.com)
Diseased heart valves exhibit impairments such as narrowing of the valve or regurgitation, which inhibit the valves' ability to control blood flow. (justia.com)
There is no aortic regurgitation signal, and there are a lot of valve clicks, which I want you to look at closely for a second, because we'll come back to those. (medscape.com)

citation needed] Companies that manufacture heart valves include Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, Abbott (St. Jude Medical), CryoLife, and LifeNet Health. (wikipedia.org)
Special focus is paid to the interaction of such helical flow with different designs of mechanical prosthetic heart valves, comparing a classical bileaflet mechanical heart valve, the St. Jude Medical Regent valve (SJM Regent BMHV), with the Triflo trileaflet mechanical heart valve T2B version (Triflo TMHV). (city.ac.uk)
Color flow Doppler evaluation of St. Jude Medical prosthetic valves. (meduniver.com)
Transesophageal color flow Doppler and echocardiogra-phic features of normal and regurgitant St. Jude medical prostheses in the mitral valve position. (meduniver.com)
Doppler echocardiographic assessment with the continuity equation of St. Jude Medical mechanical prostheses in the mitral valve position. (meduniver.com)
Doppler echocardiographic assessment of the St. Jude medical prosthetic valve in the aortic position using the continuity equation. (meduniver.com)

citation needed] Introduced in 1979, bileaflet valves are made of two semicircular leaflets that revolve around struts attached to the valve housing. (wikipedia.org)
In contrast, the two parallel leaflets for the bileaflet valve impose a flow straightener effect, annihilating the angular momentum, which has a negative impact on kinetic energy of the flow. (city.ac.uk)
Echocardiography of porcine aortic prosthesis with flail leaflets due to degeneration and calcification. (meduniver.com)
It was postulated that synthetic valve leaflets that mimic the natural valve leaflet structure fabricated from fiber-reinforced composite material will minimize leaflet stresses and decrease tears and perforations. (tainstruments.com)

Native valve IE was present in four patients (two aortic, one mitral, and one pulmonary), prosthetic valve aortic IE in two patients, and pacemaker lead IE in the other four patients. (uab.cat)
For these peculiarities and the higher rates of paravalvular leak (PVL), new permanent pacemaker (PPM), need for a second transcatheter heart valve (THV), risk of annulus rupture or aortic dissection, and brain injury ( 13 - 15 ) BAV patients have been initially excluded from the randomized trials. (frontiersin.org)
There is a pacemaker wire in the right side of the heart. (medscape.com)

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital cardiac malformation, affecting 1-2% of the population, and is the cause of a significant proportion of aortic valve disease in young adults ( 9 ). (frontiersin.org)
Anticoagulation should be used among patients with atrial fibrillation and a CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc score ≥2 in the setting of native aortic valve disease, tricuspid valve disease, or MR (Class I, LOE C-LD). (clinicaladvisor.com)

An artificial heart valve is a one-way valve implanted into a person's heart to replace a heart valve that is not functioning properly (valvular heart disease). (wikipedia.org)
ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease. (meduniver.com)
Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease). (meduniver.com)
Now, you can quickly access the important information you need to evaluate valvular procedures, surgeons and heart valve clinics. (heart-valve-surgery.com)
My hope is that this Educational Heart Valve Surgery Video Library will help you better understand your valvular disorder and the different operations that can successfully treat your condition. (heart-valve-surgery.com)
The American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC) have released a 2017 focused update to their 2014 Guideline for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease. (clinicaladvisor.com)

She had no risk factors for coronary artery disease in her medical history but it was learned that she had undergone a mitral valve replacement 2 years before because of rheumatic mitral stenosis and that no international normalized ratio (INR) analysis had been done in the last 6 months. (who.int)

Their main purpose is to keep blood flowing in the proper direction through the heart, and from the heart into the major blood vessels connected to it (the pulmonary artery and the aorta). (wikipedia.org)
The left ventricle pumps blood to the aorta through the aortic valve. (wikipedia.org)
We had the M-modes to the aortic valve, and you notice that in the M-mode of the aortic valve, the aorta was going up and down a lot. (medscape.com)
Then you have the isovolumic contraction period, and then the aortic valve click demonstrating the aortic valve opening, followed by the ejection period, during which you have the continuous-wave Doppler signal through the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) and the aorta. (medscape.com)

Although coronary embolism was performed because her chest pain tral prosthetic valve. (who.int)
We did not perform acute coronary syndrome, coronary elevation myocardial infarction, whereas angioplasty because the obstruction embolism should be kept in mind in the rest present with non-ST elevation was in the distal portion of the vessel those with prosthetic valves even in the myocardial infarction [8]. (who.int)

Mechanical valves come in three main types - caged ball, tilting-disc and bileaflet - with various modifications on these designs. (wikipedia.org)

Scholars@Duke publication: Percutaneous heart valve replacement for aortic stenosis: state of the evidence. (duke.edu)
Scholars@Duke publication: Clinical correlates of atrial tachyarrhythmias after valve replacement for aortic stenosis. (duke.edu)
One hundred eighteen consecutive patients undergoing valve replacement for aortic stenosis were analyzed to determine the incidence of and predisposing factors to postoperative atrial tachyarrhythmias. (duke.edu)

A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association. (meduniver.com)
the Society for Thoracic Surgeons and the American College of Cardiology for transcatheter heart valves). (kk.org)

Not only does it feature genuine design and material science innovations around in-vitro noise reduction, blood flow resistance reduction, and durability, but the valve also uses the highest quality materials and manufacturing for the frame, occluder, and sewing ring components. (globalhealth.care)
citation needed] The major advantage of mechanical valves over bioprosthetic valves is their greater durability. (wikipedia.org)
In patients with MR and severe MAC, TMVR with the Tendyne valve was associated with encouraging acute outcomes, midterm durability, and clinical improvement. (nih.gov)
Prosthesis, usually heart valve, composed of biological material and whose durability depends upon the stability of the material after pretreatment, rather than regeneration by host cell ingrowth. (lookformedical.com)

Differentiating thrombus from pannus formation in obstructed mechanical prosthetic valves: an evaluation of clinical, transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiographic parameters. (meduniver.com)

Further comparison with percutaneous coronary intervention and aortic valve replacement cohorts are needed to assess the merits of current antithrombotic guidelines, which are extrapolated from the PCI setting. (bmj.com)

Evaluation of normal prosthetic valve function by Doppler echocardiography. (meduniver.com)

Biofilms factor into 75 to 80 percent of hospital-acquired infections, such as those of the urinary tract, heart valves and knee-replacement prostheses, Bollyky said. (stanford.edu)

Currently, the use of new-generation devices and the growing attention toward a careful pre-procedural planning have led to an improvement of procedural results, with outcomes nowadays comparable to tricuspid valves ( 16 , 17 ). (frontiersin.org)
Human heart valves, which include the aortic, pulmonary, mitral and tricuspid valves, function essentially as one-way valves operating in synchronization with the pumping heart. (justia.com)

Specifies an approach for verifying/validating the design and manufacture of a transcatheter heart valve substitute through risk management. (saiglobal.com)

The Medtronic Open Pivot™ Aortic Valved Graft (AVG) unites the proven performance of the Open Pivot Heart Valve with leading graft technology for exceptional implantability. (medtronic.com)

Developed in collaboration with the world's most experienced valve repair surgeons, our extensive portfolio of rigid, semi-rigid and flexible repair products gives you an opportunity to select a ring or band for each unique patient need. (medtronic.com)
Specific methodologies are included for flexible leaflet (bioprosthetic) and rigid (mechanical) valves. (iso.org)

Pregnancy and heart valve prostheses: maternal and fetal outcomes. (escardio.org)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) with the Tendyne valve (Abbott Structural) in patients with MR and MAC. (nih.gov)

Congenital heart disease (CHD), or conditions which have been present since. (dentalcare.com)
Do you have congenital heart disease? (dentalcare.com)
However, congenital heart conditions will often times require a consult with the medical provider to determine specific antibiotic prophylactic needs. (dentalcare.com)

INTRODUCTION: Life expectancy in young adults undergoing mechanical or bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) may be reduced by up to 20 years compared to age matched controls. (mcmaster.ca)
In propensity-matched comparisons, actuarial 15-year mortality rates were 60.6% with the bioprosthetic aortic valve and 62.1% with the mechanical valve. (medscape.com)

In other embodiments, the delivery system and method may be adapted for delivery of implants to locations other than the native mitral valve. (justia.com)

Medtronic Open Pivot™ mechanical heart valves bring something fundamentally different to bileaflet valve design. (medtronic.com)

Anatomy7

Diseases20

Chemicals and Drugs2

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment34

Phenomena and Processes2

Technology, Industry, Agriculture1

Named Groups1

Health Care2

Implantation16

Complications9

Bioprosthesis3

Thrombosis6

Endocarditis12

Hemodynamics3

Failure13

Malfunction5

Surgical11

Artificial heart valves4

Patients with prosthetic heart valves2

Tissue10

Regurgitation8

Jude Medical6

Leaflets4

Pacemaker3

Aortic valve disease2

Valvular6

Mitral stenosis1

Aorta4

Embolism2

Tilting-disc and bileaflet1

Replacement for aortic stenosis3

American College of2

Durability4

Mechanical prosthetic1

Percutaneous Coronary Int1

Normal prosthetic valve1

Urinary1

Tricuspid valves2

Transcatheter heart valve1

Graft1

Rigid2

Outcomes2

Congenital3

Bioprosthetic aortic valve2

IMPLANTS1

Bileaflet valve1