Heart prosthesis
Heart prosthesis
A Prosthesis is a device that is used to overcome surgically some deficiency in the body. The most common prostheses are vascular ,prosthetic heart valves and patches…etc (5)
Classification of prostheses
Each prosthesis shall be classified as indicated below
1-synthetic textile
A-knitted
B-woven
2-synthetic non-textile
A-extruded /expanded polymers
3-Biological
A-Allograft
B- Xenograft (35)