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Mechanical Aortic Valve

A valve made of metal, carbon, or artificial materials used to replace the aortic valve in patients with aortic valve stenosis or regurgitation.
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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Long-Term Outcomes of the Ross Procedure Versus Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement: Propensity-Matched Cohort Study
Background: The ideal aortic valve substitute in young and middle-aged adults remains unknown. We sought to compare the long-term… 
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Space–time fluid mechanics computation of heart valve models
Fluid mechanics computation of heart valves with an interface-tracking (moving-mesh) method was one of the classes of… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
LOWERing the INtensity of oral anticoaGulant Therapy in patients with bileaflet mechanical aortic valve replacement: results from the "LOWERING-IT" Trial.
2005
2005
Mechanical aortic valve replacement: long-term outcomes in children.
BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY Early and late outcomes following mechanical aortic valve replacement (AVR) in children were… 
2003
2003
Reoperation after fresh homograft replacement: 23 years' experience with 655 patients.
Review
2003
Review
2003
Comparison of autograft and allograft aortic valve replacement in children.
2002
2002
Effect of mechanical aortic valve orientation on coronary artery flow: comparison of tilting disc versus bileaflet prostheses in pigs.
OBJECTIVE Orientation for optimal systolic performance of tilting disc and bileaflet aortic valves was defined in previous… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Prospectively Randomized Comparison of Different Mechanical Aortic Valves
Background—The aim of this prospectively randomized study was to evaluate the hemodynamic and functional outcomes after aortic… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Medtronic Hall versus St. Jude Medical mechanical aortic valve: downstream turbulences with respect to rotation in pigs.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS OF THE STUDY Turbulences downstream of mechanical aortic valves are known to contribute to most valve-related… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Comparison of human tissues and mechanical prostheses for aortic valve replacement in children.
BACKGROUND Aortic valve replacement in children is problematic because of complications of mechanical valves and uncertain… 
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