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Lillehei-Kalke bileaflet prosthesis
Also known as:
Kalke-Lillehei valve
Associated persons:
Bhagavant Kalke
Clarence Walton Lillehei
Description:
Titanium heart valve developed in 1965 by Bhagavant Kalke in Lillehei’s laboratory. This was a forerunner of the St. Jude valve, the most widely implanted heart valve in the world – more than 1.3 million.
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