Percutaneous Heart Valve in the Chronic In Vitro Testing Model

The endeavor to create a percutaneous aortic valve dates back to 1965. Several researchers have tried to develop this project since that time. Our group started working on the development of a percutaneous heart valve for human use in early 1998. We implanted the first percutaneous heart valve in animals in June of 2000 in Costa Rica. We have tested this newly designed valve for almost …