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. 2011 Feb 7;32(10):1207–1213. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr028

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Self-expanding percutaneous heart valve for inferior vena cava implantation. (A) The device was designed with the upper valve segment protruding into the right atrium and the lower segment for anchoring in the inferior vena cava. The middle segment constrained to facilitate fixation at the cavoatrial junction. The proximal stent segment is mounted with a tri-leaflet porcine pericardial valve and a sleeve covering the inside down to the base of the leaflets. (B) The valve was loaded into a 27 F catheter for implantation.