Artificial Heart Valve - Types of Heart Valve Prostheses

Types of Heart Valve Prostheses

There are two main types of artificial heart valves: the mechanical and the biological valves.

  • Mechanical valves
    • Percutaneous implantation
      • Stent framed
      • Not framed
    • Sternotomy/Thoracotomy implantation
      • Ball and cage
      • Tilting disk
      • Bi-leaflet
      • Tri-leaflet
  • Tissue (biological) heart valves
    • Allograft/isograft
    • Xenograft

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