• Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,First Hospital of Lanzhou University,Lanzhou 730000,P.R.China;
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Clinical application history of prosthetic heart valves has been over five decades, and mechanical heart valves have satisfactory clinical outcomes for surgical treatment of valvular heart disease. The development history of mechanical heart valves experienced from the first generation of ball valves and caged disc valves to the second generation of single tilting disc valve, and to the third generation of bileaflet valves. In 1960, ball valve was first used for heart valve replacement in abroad. In 1963, China-made ball valve was also produced and used in clinical practice. In 1969, the second generation of single tilting disc valve was developed in abroad. In 1978, China-made single tilting disc valve was produced and widely used in clinical practice with satisfactory clinical outcomes. Since 1980 when it was first produced, bileaflet valve has taken the place of above 2 types of valves for its excellent performance, and become the mainstream product all over the world. Currently, the development of China-made bileaflet valves has lagged behind, and domestic mechanical heart valve market has almost been monopolized by foreign bileaflet valve products. Therefore, the development of ideal China-made mechanical heart valve deserves further research.

Citation: QI Liang,SONG Bing.. History and Research Advance of China-made Mechanical Heart Valves. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2013, 20(2): 218-221. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20130063 Copy

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