Heart Valve Surgery | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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There are almost 100 000 heart valve replacement surgeries in the United States every year. This includes the most common which are mitral valve replacement[1] and aortic valve replacement[2]. In general there are 2 choices for type of surgical heart valve replacement, mechanical valves or bioprosthetic valves. When choosing the valve type its important to consider the advantages and disadvantages of mechanical and bioprosthetic heart valves.

Heart Valve Replacement Surgery – Artificial or Bioprosthetic Heart Valves

When heart valves are severely diseased the treatment is valve replacement surgery with artificial or bioprosthetic heart valves. As things stand there is no medicines that can reverse heart valve disease and so valve replacement or valve repair[3] is required. Artificial heart valves are often known as mechanical heart valves and made from metallic allo...