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Development of methods for the tissue engineering of cardiac valves using mesenchymal stem cells [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Cardiac valve replacement is the second most common heart operation in the Western World. Valve replacements currently available are poorly adapted for use in young patients who typically require multiple re-operations as they grow, resulting in ...
Knight, Richard Lewis
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Production and characterisation of acellular porcine pulmonary heart valve conduits [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Cardiac valve replacement is the second most common heart operation. Currently available replacement heart valves all have limitations. This study aimed to produce and characterise a decellularised, biocompatible porcine pulmonary root conduit for use ...
Luo, Ji
core   +6 more sources

Structure-function relationships in the aortic valve [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
PhDGlobally, heart valve dysfunction constitutes a large portion of the cardiovascular disease load, causing high rates of mortality in European and industrialized countries.
Anssari-Benam, Afshin
core   +4 more sources

Midterm outcomes of mechanical versus bioprosthetic valve replacement in middle-aged patients: An Indian scenario

open access: yesHeart India, 2017
Objective: The goal of this study is to evaluate and compare the midterm outcomes of bioprosthetic heart valve replacement in terms of survival, valve-related events, quality of life, and economic aspects of treatment in population age 45 years and above
Dheeraj Sharma   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve-in-Valve Replacement by Transatrial Approach

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
Reoperation on the tricuspid valve after prior heart valve surgery is associated with an increased operative risk due to a poor clinical status with severe heart failure and late presentation.
Grigore Tinica   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bioprosthetic mitral valve thrombosis less than one year after replacement and an ablative MAZE procedure: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2010
Occurrence of bioprosthetic valve thrombosis less than a year after replacement is very uncommon. Here, we describe a case of a 57 year old male, who presented 10 months after receiving a bioprosthetic mitral valve replacement with a two week history of ...
Ku Melvin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Degeneration: a Review from a Basic Science Perspective

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2021
Introduction: The increase in the prevalence of aortic stenosis due to an aging population has led to an increasing number of surgical aortic valve replacements.
Tiago R Velho   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-linear finite element analyses of the aortic heart valve [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Includes bibliographical references.Finite element models of the aortic heart valve have been successfully used in the past to gain insight into the mechanics of the valve and to aid in understanding of valve failure.
Koch, Thorsten M
core   +1 more source

A rare case report of early bioprosthetic valve thrombosis presenting with acute heart failure salvaged by thrombectomy

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2017
Background Bioprosthetic valve thrombosis is previously considered as an extremely rare complication which hasn’t been systemically recognized and understood.
Jingya Fan, Peng Teng, Yu Zou, Liang Ma
doaj   +1 more source

Transcatheter treatment of complex pulmonic and aortic valvular disease following failed Ross procedure

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2021
A 63‐year‐old man with congenital bicuspid aortic valve disease and complex surgical history (that includes a Ross procedure complicated by cardiac arrest requiring emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery, multiple subsequent sternotomies to treat
Mohammad Aziz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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