Valvular Disease and Heart Valves Media Kit

Heart valve disease has various causes and comes in several different forms. When a heart valve becomes diseased, one of two things happen: incompetence (the valve doesn't close tightly enough to prevent backflow of blood) or stenosis (the valve doesn't open wide enough and restricts blood flow). If a valve becomes compromised blood flow is affected and mild to severe symptoms can result, including shortness of breath, chest palpitations and fainting.

Credit any images and video as follows: Images or video provided courtesy of St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Images	Type
Photo - Epic™ Stented Tissue Valve with Linx™ AC Technology The Epic Valve with Linx AC Technology1 incorporates a patented proprietary treatment designed to protect the valve to resist calcification and potentially extend the long-term durability. 1 There is no clinical data currently available which evaluates the long-term impact of anticalcification tissue treatment in humans.	JPG [700KB]
Photo - Tailor™ Ring and Band The Tailor Ring is a fully flexible repair ring that is designed to provide support and move with a patient's natural anatomy.	JPG [149KB]
Photo - Regent™ Valve The Regent Valve provides outstanding hemodynamics while maintaining traditional quality and proven features of the gold standard St. Jude Medical mechanical valve.	JPG [63KB]

Valvular Disease and Heart Valves Media Kit

Credit any images and video as follows: Images or video provided courtesy of St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Images	Type
Photo - Trifecta Tissue Valve The Trifecta valve has a tri-leaflet stented pericardial design which offers excellent hemodynamic performance, or nearly unobstructed blood flow, in order to mimic as closely as possible the flow of a natural, healthy heart.	JPG [100KB]
Photo - Epic™ Stented Tissue Valve with Linx™ AC Technology The Epic Valve with Linx AC Technology1 incorporates a patented proprietary treatment designed to protect the valve to resist calcification and potentially extend the long-term durability. 1 There is no clinical data currently available which evaluates the long-term impact of anticalcification tissue treatment in humans.	JPG [700KB]
Photo - Tailor™ Ring and Band The Tailor Ring is a fully flexible repair ring that is designed to provide support and move with a patient's natural anatomy.	JPG [149KB]
Photo - Regent™ Valve The Regent Valve provides outstanding hemodynamics while maintaining traditional quality and proven features of the gold standard St. Jude Medical mechanical valve.	JPG [63KB]