REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE

A replacement heart valve can have an expandable frame configured to engage a native valve annulus. A valve body can be mounted onto the expandable frame to provide functionality similar to a natural valve. The valve body has an upstream end and a downstream end, and a diameter at the downstream end...

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Hauptverfasser: QUADRI, Arshad, NGUYEN, Mykim, RATZ, Brent, J, LIAO, Yen, THYGARAJAN, Kalathi, MICHIELS, Robrecht, NGUYEN, Hung, KOMATSU, Stan
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A replacement heart valve can have an expandable frame configured to engage a native valve annulus. A valve body can be mounted onto the expandable frame to provide functionality similar to a natural valve. The valve body has an upstream end and a downstream end, and a diameter at the downstream end is greater than a diameter at the upstream end.