title: Prosthetic heart valves: types and echocardiographic evaluation.
abstract: 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.
authors: Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, 16th Street 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10003, USA. drkamal5@yahoo.com
authors: Ahmad Kamal
authors: AK
authors: Aslam
authors: Ahmad Faraz
authors: AF
authors: Aslam
authors: Balendu C
authors: BC
authors: Vasavada
authors: Ijaz A
authors: IA
authors: Khan
mesh_terms: 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