Toronto SPV Valve
name: label: maker
content: St. Jude Medical
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An alternative to mechanical heart valves are tissue valves, made in bovine and porcine models from the tissue of cows and pigs, respectively. This is a stentless porcine heart valve manufactured by St. Jude Medical of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Harvested tissue is sewn into a Dacron covered sewing ring, creating leaflets. One advantage of a tissue valves is that the patient does not have to rely on anticoagulation medication to avoid developing blood clots.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, Saint Paul
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Cardiology
label: Subject
content: Artificial Organs
label: Subject
content: Prosthesis
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Artificial Heart Valves
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: St. Jude Medical
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0275.01
label: model number
content: REF
label: serial number
content: SPA-101-25
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0275.01
label: accession number
content: 2005.0275
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cardiology
label: Object Name
content: artificial heart valve
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: procine tissue (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: polyester (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 4.7625 cm x 5.715 cm