Carpentier-Edwards valve


Car·pen·ti·er-Ed·wards valve

(kar-pen-tē-ā' ed'wărdz), a bioprosthetic valve made from preserved porcine aortic valves.

Carpentier-Edwards® valve

Heart surgery A bioprosthetic heart valve designed for small hearts without requiring post-op anticoagulation. See Heart valve.

Carpentier-Edwards valve

(kar-pon-tyā′ed′wărds) [Alain Carpentier, Fr. heart surgeon, b. 1933; M.L. Edwards, U.S. physician, b. 1906] An artificial heart valve made from pig (porcine) pericardium attached to an engineered ring. The ring is surgically attached to the endocardium.

Edwards,

Miles Lowell, U.S. physician, 1906–. Carpentier-Edwards aortic valve prosthesisCarpentier-Edwards bioprosthesisCarpentier-Edwards bioprosthetic valveCarpentier-Edwards mitral annuloplasty valveCarpentier-Edwards pericardial valveCarpentier-Edwards porcine prosthetic valveCarpentier-Edwards valveStarr-Edwards aortic valve prosthesisStarr-Edwards ball-cage valveStarr-Edwards ball valve prosthesisStarr-Edwards disk valve prosthesisStarr-Edwards heart valveStarr-Edwards mitral prosthesisStarr-Edwards pacemakerStarr-Edwards prosthesisStarr-Edwards prosthetic aortic valveStarr-Edwards prosthetic mitral valveStarr-Edwards silastic valveStarr-Edwards silicone rubber ball valveStarr-Edwards valve - see under Starr

Carpentier,

Alain, 20th century French cardiothoracic surgeon. Carpentier annuloplastyCarpentier annuloplasty ring prosthesisCarpentier-Edwards aortic valve prosthesisCarpentier-Edwards bioprosthesisCarpentier-Edwards bioprosthetic valveCarpentier-Edwards mitral annuloplasty valveCarpentier-Edwards pericardial valveCarpentier-Edwards porcine prosthetic valveCarpentier-Edwards valveCarpentier ringCarpentier stentCarpentier tricuspid valvuloplastyCarpentier valve