This review outlines the types of prosthetic aortic valves available and the associated challenges and solutions in clinical practice and manufacturing.
May inform prosthetic valve selection amid known challenges; leaves open prospective validation of solutions.
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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