SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANCHORING AND SEALING A PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE
A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve includes advancing a prosthetic heart valve to an implantation location within a patient's body, positioning the prosthetic heart valve within a native heart valve annulus, expanding a frame of the prosthetic heart valve from a first contracted co...
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Zusammenfassung: | A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve includes advancing a prosthetic heart valve to an implantation location within a patient's body, positioning the prosthetic heart valve within a native heart valve annulus, expanding a frame of the prosthetic heart valve from a first contracted configuration to a first expanded configuration, and then contracting the frame to a second contracted configuration. The prosthetic heart valve may be repositioned and then re-expanded from the second contracted configuration to a second expanded configuration. The prosthetic heart valve is preferably released from the delivery apparatus while in the second expanded configuration. Releasing the prosthetic heart valve from the delivery apparatus may result in radial expansion of a flange portion of the prosthetic heart valve. |
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