Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (May 2018)

Prosthetic Aortic Valves: Challenges and Solutions

  • Lucia Musumeci,
  • Nicolas Jacques,
  • Alexandre Hego,
  • Alain Nchimi,
  • Patrizio Lancellotti,
  • Patrizio Lancellotti,
  • Patrizio Lancellotti,
  • Cécile Oury

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2018.00046
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5

Abstract

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Aortic Valve Disease (AVD) is the most common Valvular Heart Disease (VHD), affecting millions of people worldwide. Severe AVD is treated in most cases with prosthetic aortic valve replacement, which involves the substitution of the native aortic valve with a prosthetic one. In this review we will discuss the different types of prosthetic aortic valves available for implantation and the challenges faced by patients, medical doctors, researchers and manufacturers, as well as the approaches that are taken to overcome them.

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