This website should support heart valve specialist in searching size-specific information on prosthetic heart valves and annuloplasty ring systems.

For every existing product, the following information is provided if available:

• Product image
• Hemodynamic in vivo data assessed by Doppler echocardiography:
  - size-specific transvalvular mean and peak gradients
  - effective orifice area
• Calculators of effective orifice area indexed to body surface area
• Product dimensions
• Comments provided by manufacturer
• Comments by cardiac surgeons, transcatheter heart valve specialists and echocardiographers
• Reference

Important publications

1. Zoghbi et al: Recommendations for evaluation of prosthetic valves with echocardiography and doppler ultrasound: A report from the american society of echocardiography's guidelines J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009;22:975-1014; quiz 1082-4.
2. Rosenhek R, Binder T, Maurer G, Baumgartner H.: Normal values for doppler echocardiographic assessment of heart valve prostheses. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2003;16:1116-1127.
3. Blauwet LA, Danielson GK, Burkhart HM, Dearani JA, Malouf JF, Connolly HM, Hodge DO, Herges RM, Miller FA, Jr.: Comprehensive echocardiographic assessment of the hemodynamic parameters of 285 tricuspid valve bioprostheses early after implantation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2010;23:1045-1059, 1059 e1041-1042.
4. ESC guidelines Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease (version 2012) Alec Vahanian (Chairperson) (France)*, et al, European Heart Journal doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehs109.
5. 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease Rick A. Nishimura et al, JACC 2014.
6. Frank M, Ganzoni G, Starck C, Grünenfelder J, Corti R, Gruner C, Hürlimann D, Tanner FC, Jenni R, Greutmann M, Biaggi P: Lack of Accessible Data on Prosthetic Heart Valves. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Mar;32(3):439-47. Epub 2015 Dec 8.