Types of Heart Valve Prostheses

There are two main types of artificial heart valves: the mechanical and the biological valves.
Mechanical heart valves
Percutaneous implantation
Stent framed
Not framed
Sternotomy/Thoracotomy implantation
Ball and cage
Tilting disk
Bi-leaflet
Tri-leaflet
Biological heart valves
Allograft/autograft/isograft
Xenograft

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