Artificial Heart Valve
- Description (Brief)
- This prosthetic is neither a ball valve nor a disc valve. It has a cloth sewing ring, and the plastic "leaflets" resemble a fan.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Physical Description
- cloth (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.8 cm x 3 cm x 3 cm; 23/32 in x 1 3/16 in x 1 3/16 in
- ID Number
- 2015.0031.54
- catalog number
- 2015.0031.54
- accession number
- 2015.0031
- Credit Line
- Gift of Manuel Villafaña
- subject
- Cardiology
- Prosthesis
- Artificial Organs
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Artificial Heart Valves
- Health & Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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