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Prosthetic Heart Valves

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Implanting a prosthetic heart valve is an important treatment for valve lesions not suitable for repair. Most valves implanted in the modern era are biological, but the bileaflet mechanical valve is the most commonly implanted type of mechanical design. This chapter describes: (1) the types of prosthetic valve, (2) the published data guiding the choice between a biological or mechanical valve; (3) the assessment of prosthetic valves using echocardiography; (4) routine clinical management; (5) possible complications and their management.

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Chambers, J. (2020). Prosthetic Heart Valves. In: Zamorano, J., Lancellotti, P., Pierard, L., Pibarot, P. (eds) Heart Valve Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23104-0_14

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