Taber's Medical Dictionary
Carpentier-Edwards valve
(kar-pon-tyā′ ed′wărds )
[Alain Frédéric Carpentier, Fr. heart surgeon, b. 1933; M.L. Edwards, U.S. physician, b. 1906]
An artificial heart valve made from porcine (pig) pericardium attached to an engineered ring. The ring is surgically attached to the endocardium.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Carpentier-Edwards Valve." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765645/all/Carpentier_Edwards_valve.
Carpentier-Edwards valve. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765645/all/Carpentier_Edwards_valve. Accessed October 18, 2019.
Carpentier-Edwards valve. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765645/all/Carpentier_Edwards_valve
Carpentier-Edwards Valve [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 October 18]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765645/all/Carpentier_Edwards_valve.
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