A trend toward higher mortality in women with PPM who received a self-expanding valves deserves more scrutiny, though.

Prosthetic heart valves (PHVs) are used to replace diseased native valves among patients with valvular stenosis, incompetence, or both. This paper reviews a number of contemporary prosthetic heart ...

PREGNANCY in women with prosthetic heart valves carries significant risks, with mechanical valves linked to higher ...

Other rare causes of true mitral stenosis include congenital mitral stenosis, severe mitral annular calcification and prosthetic valve dysfunction. A list of known causes of LV inflow obstruction ...

We completely removed the normal mitral valve apparatus and attached the prosthesis using silk sutures. It was an immediate success, as most dogs survived the operation with good cardiac function.

This minimally invasive procedure makes small incisions and inserts a thin, flexible catheter with a prosthetic valve into the heart, providing an alternative to open heart surgery. TAVI for pure ...

Geriatrics and Aging. 2006;9(10):691-696. © 2006 1453987 Ontario, Ltd. Cite this: Prosthetic Heart Valves, Part I: Identification and Potential Complications ...