CHOOSING A PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

ABSTRACT: The heart is a vital part of human anatomy because it functions as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body. Heart valves allow the heart to pump blood to specific locations efficiently. These valves are prone to disease and malfunction, and can be replaced by prosthetic heart valves. The two main types of prosthetic heart valves are mechanical and bioprosthetic. The mechanical valves are excellent in terms of durability, but are hindered by their tendency to coagulate the blood. Bioprosthetic valves are less durable and must be replaced periodically. When one of the valves of the heart becomes infected with a disease, it can be replaced with one of several different types of prosthetic valves. No prosthetic valve is ideal. None of the available mechanical or biologic valves has the performance and durability of the native human semilunar and atrioventricular valves. Therefore, the selection of a valve must take into account the relative advantages and disadvantages of a particular prosthesis and how to apply to the patient's risk profile.

Keywords:  valve, prosthetic valve, mechanical valve, bioprosthetic

Author: Iwan N Boestan, Dyana Sarvasti

Journal Code: jpkedokterangg050029

Artikel Terkait :

Jp Kedokteran gg 2005

• Treatment of taeniasis and cysticercosis with praziquantel and albendazole
• The benefits of progesterone therapy in imminent abortion
• PM10 as Predictor of Ventilation Efficiency of Houses in Relation to Health Effect
• Fatty acids intake among diverse ethnic groups in Indonesia
• The effects of balanced low calorie diet on body composition and serum leptin of obese women
• QT dispersion, a simple tool to predict ventricular tachyarrhythmias and/or sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction
• Endoscopical appearances of nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drug (NSAID)- enteropathy
• Role of general practitioner in the management of acute myocardial infarction
• Genotyping of hepatitis B virus from dried and stored serum on filter paper
• Development of bioassay for pathogenecity testing of Ureaplasma urealyticum as part of host-pathogen communication
• Detection of GAD65 autoantibodies of type-1 diabetes using anti-GAD65-abs reagent produced from bovine brain tissue
• The use of ceftriaxone impregnated beads in the management of chronic osteomyelitis
• The correlation between total lymphocyte count and the number of candida colony from the oral cavity in HIV/AIDS patients
• Survival rate and prognostic factors in advanced cervical cancer patients accompanied by renal impairment
• Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus patient without cardiovascular disease: the association with microalbuminuria
• Hormonal contraception as a risk factor for obesity
• Effect of irrigating fluid temperature on core body temperature during transurethral resection of the prostate
• T-lineage blast crisis of chronic myelogenous leukemia: simple record of 4 cases
• Intracranial germ cell tumour with extra cranial extension in a four month old infant – a case report
• Drospirinone: new generation of progestogen
• Implementation of 25-well culture plates for M. tuberculosis drug susceptibility testing in Indonesia
• Cytosolic estrogen and progesterone receptor content in the endometriotic tissues and endometrium in women with and without endometriosis
• Nutritional status of hyperlipidemics elderly in Indonesia according to body mass lndex (study in four Indonesian big cities)
• Age, duration of work, noise and vibration in inducing hearing and balance impairments
• Presurgical cytologic diagnostic test of uterine cavity in ovarian malignant tumor