Prosthetic heart valves including frames with integral markers

A prosthetic heart valve comprising:

• an annular frame comprising a plurality of interconnected struts forming a plurality of cells, wherein each of the cells comprises an interior opening;
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• a valve structure disposed within an interior space of the frame and having an inflow end and an outflow end, the valve structure comprising a plurality of leaflets;
• wherein at least one selected cell of the plurality of cells includes one or more integral markers extending from an interior edge of the respective selected cell and into the interior opening thereof;
• wherein no portion of the integral marker extends outside of the interior opening;
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• wherein the one or more integral markers are configured to enable identification of the selected cell during one or more of an implantation procedure or a post-implantation procedure.

A prosthetic heart valve comprising:

• an annular frame comprising a plurality of interconnected struts forming a plurality of cells, wherein each of the cells comprises an interior opening;
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• a valve structure disposed within an interior space of the frame and having an inflow end and an outflow end, wherein the valve structure comprises a plurality of leaflets and each of the leaflets is joined to an adjacent leaflet at the outflow end of the valve structure to form a commissure therebetween, and wherein the commissures are attached to the frame at commissure-supporting cells of the plurality of cells;
• wherein each of the commissure-supporting cells includes a symmetrical integral marker that bisects as least a portion of the respective commissure-supporting cell and a directional marker, each of the symmetrical integral marker and the directional marker extending from an interior edge of the respective commissure-supporting cell and into the interior opening thereof, wherein the directional marker has at least one of an asymmetrical shape or an asymmetrical orientation within the respective commissure-supporting cell;
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• wherein the symmetrical integral marker and the directional marker are configured to enable, for each of the commissure-supporting cells, identification of whether each of the respective commissure-supporting cell is in one or a forward orientation or a rearward orientation during one or more of an implantation procedure or a post-implantation procedure.