Fig. 12.1 Schematic diagram representing the various elements comprising a heart valve substitute system 12.3 Heart Valve Substitute Use Conditions Understanding the environments and conditions under which the device is…
Fig. 1.1 The anatomical planes of the human body (www.vhlab.umn.edu/atlas) The use of attitudinally correct nomenclature is all the more important with regard to the atrioventricular valves, as current nomenclatures…
Fig. 10.1 The first patient to undergo transcatheter aortic valve implantation (April 16, 2002) using the first generation Cribier-Edwards valve that housed trileaflet equine pericardial leaflets. The current Edwards SAPIEN…
Fig. 7.1 Interventional MRI and angiographic fusion. Interventional applications of MRI allow real-time fusion of angiographic and MRI images in hybrid MRI/angiosuites for direct procedural guidance (Image courtesy of Dr….
Ideal mitral characteristics Description Ease of delivery Accurate and reliable delivery via a transseptal, transapical, transatrial, or retrograde aortic approach through the smallest diameter delivery system possible Ease of deployment…
Fig. 15.1 Images from perfusion-fixed hearts from the Visible Heart® Laboratory’s library: (1) calcified aortic valve (upper left panel), (2) pulmonary valve (upper right panel), (3) subvalvular apparatus of the…
Fig. 6.1 Apical view of the four heart valves—aortic, mitral, pulmonic, and tricuspid (Source: John R, Liao KK (2009) Heart valve disease. In: Iaizzo PA (ed) The handbook of cardiac…
, Jason L. Quill2 , Alexander J. Hill3, 4 and Paul A. Iaizzo5 (1) Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. SE, MMC 195, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA (2) Medtronic, Inc., 8200 Coral…
Fig. 9.1 (a) Current device for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI), Melody™, manufactured by Medtronic, Inc.; (b) mounted at the tip of the balloon catheter system; and (c) after implantation…
Fig. 11.1 Synthetic polymer scaffold before cell seeding consisting of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB) coated polyglycolic acid (PGA) leaflets attached to a Fastacryl® stent. Views from the ventricular side (left) and aortic…
