Masters Series Mechanical Valve

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• Standard valve first implanted in 1977
• Pyrolytic carbon leaflets and orifice ring offer exceptional durability and increased thromboresistance¹²
• 85° leaflet opening angle offers improved laminar flow and reduces turbulance^1,6,15
• Sewing cuff contains additional suture markers for more accurate placement
• Radiopaque for improved visualization during X-ray and cinefluoroscopy
• Controlled torque rotation mechanism that allows for easy rotation and intraoperative adjustment
• Compatible with MRI imaging^1b
• References
  ¹Shipkowitz T, Ambrus J, Kurk J, Wickramasinghe K. Evaluation Technique for Bileaflet Mechanical Valves. J Heart Valve Dis. 2002, Mar; 11 (2):275-282.
  ^1bMRI Safety Document – St. Jude Medical Valves and Annuloplasty Rings During MRI.
  ⁶King, M, David T, Fisher J. An Initial Parametric Study on Fluid Flow Through Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valves Using Computational Fluid Dynamics. J Eng Med 1994: 208:63-72.
  ¹²Emery RW, Krogh CC, Arom KV, et al (2005) The St. Jude Medical cardiac valve prosthesis: a 25 year experience with single valve replacement. Ann Thorac Surg 79:776-783.
  ¹⁵Zhonggang F, Takao N, Tetsuo F, Mitsuo U. In Vitro Investigation of Opening Behavior and Hydrodynamics of Bileaflet Valves in the Mitral Position. Artificial Organs 2002;26(1):32-39

Caution: Federal law (USA) restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician or properly licensed practitioner.

Please see the physician’s manual for detailed indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions and potential adverse events.