Prosthetic Valves Flashcards
Types of aortic bioprostheses
Cadaveric homograft
Autograft (Ross)
Stented / stentless xenografts
Aortic cadaveric homograft
Bioprosthetic, rare
Looks like regular valve
None to trivial central regurgitation
Stented / stentless aortic bioprostheses
Porcine Pericardial Bovine Stented - see seats on echo Stentless Transcatheter
Normal bioprosthetic valve regurgitation
No or trivial central regurgitation
Mechanical aortic bioprostheses
Caged ball
Single tilting disc
Bileaflet
Mechanical prosthesis regurgitation
Built-in washing jets with prosthetic regurgitation
Aortic caged ball
Ball going up and done in cage
Aortic single tilting disc
Single disc going up and down
Big puff of central regurgitation
Aortic bileaflet mechanical valve
Most common
Two occluders / leaflets open up and down, don’t go to 90’
Central and side jets
Periprosthetic regurigtation
Always pathologic
Assessment of aortic prosthetic stenosis
2D and doppler variables
EOA by continuity equation
Normal ranges
Correct measurement of LVOT VTI and LVOT diameter
Aortic homograft normal MG
2-3
Stentless pericardial AV normal MG
8-9
Stented pericardial AV normal MG
10-15
Stented porcine AV normal MG
10-20
Bileaflet mechanical AV normal MG
5-10-15
Single tilting disc AV normal MG
15-20
Caged ball AV normal MG
20-25
AV prosthetic CW jet rounded
Most likely pathologic obstruction
AV prosthetic CW jet pointed
Normal
Functional obstruction
Regurgitation
Functional AV obstruction
High flow
Pressure recovery
PPM
Acceleration time
Time from onset of flow (just inside opening click) to peak velocity
Pathologic AV prosthetic AT
> 100 ms - pathologic obstruction
AV prosthetic AT <100 ms
Normal
Functional obstruction
Regurgitation
Doppler velocity index (DVI) / DI
LVOT velocity / prosthesis velocity
LVOT VTI / prosthesis VTI
Independent of flow conditions / prosthesis size
AV DI pathologic obstruction
<0.25
AV prosthetic stenosis EOA
LVOT area * LVOT VTI / prosthetic VTI
Normal AV prosthetic EOA
> 1.2