heart valve prosthesis

heart valve pros·the·sis

replacement of a cardiac valve removed for disease by either a mechanical or a biologically derived artificial valve.
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heart valve prosthesis

Heart surgery A natural–eg, porcine or synthetic valve used to replace a damaged–stenosed or 'insufficient' cardiac valve; ±50,000 are performed/yr–US. See Shiley valve.
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Lawley et al., in a meta-analysis of 11 studies capturing 499 pregnancies among women with heart valve prosthesis, pooled estimate of maternal mortality was 1.2/100 pregnancies, for mechanical valves subgroup 1.8/100 and bioprosthetic subgroup 0.7/100, overall pregnancy loss 20.8/100 pregnancies, perinatal mortality 5.0/100 births, and thromboembolism 9.3/100 pregnancies [8].
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Recurrent endocarditis in silver-coated heart valve prosthesis. J Heart Valve Dis 1999;8:140-2.
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