Prosthetic heart valves: types and echocardiographic evaluation.
In the last five decades multiple different models of prosthetic valves have been developed. The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive source of information for the types and the echocardiographic evaluation of the prosthetic heart valves.
Aslam
Ahmad Kamal
AK
Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, 16th Street 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10003, USA. drkamal5@yahoo.com
Aslam
Ahmad Faraz
AF
Vasavada
Balendu C
BC
Khan
Ijaz A
IA
D001705:Bioprosthesis; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D015925:Cryopreservation; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000637:transplantation; D012086:Reoperation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous