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Multiscale Hybrid Surface Topographies Orchestrate Immune Regulation, Antibacterial Defense, and Tissue Regeneration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Hybrid wrinkled topographies coordinate immune, tissue, and bacterial interactions. The surfaces promote osteointegration, tune macrophage polarization, and inhibit biofilm formation, highlighting a multifunctional strategy for next‐generation implant design.
Mohammad Asadi Tokmedash, Jacob Robins, J. Scott VanEpps, Minji Kim, Jouha Min   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between intra-arterial catheterization and mortality of acute heart failure patients without shock in ICU: A retrospective study

American Heart Journal Plus
Background: Acute heart failure necessitates intensive care, and arterial catheterization is a commonly performed invasive procedure in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Yide Li, Yuan Zhu, Le Fu, Liang Luo, Yingfang She   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Degenerated TAVR Within Degenerated Surgical Bioprosthetic Valve Treated With Second TAVR

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement within a degenerated surgical bioprosthetic aortic valve is increasing in frequency. We present a rare case of a patient requiring a second TAVR placed within a previous placed degenerated transcatheter aortic valve,
Muhammad Ajmal, MD, Sridhar Reddy, MD, Ranjith Shetty, MD, Toshinobu Kazui, MD, PhD, Kapildeo Lotun, MD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman, Samiha Ahmed, Majed Othman Althumayri, Megan Guy, Darlenne Chavez Lugo, Frances S. Ligler, George T. Ligler, Rahmi Oklu, Hiroshi Kawahira, Michael J. McShane, Jun Kameoka, Jonathan Bova, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transcatheter Device Closure of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2011
Traditional treatment of muscular ventricular septal defect (VSD) is surgical closure, but it carries considerable morbidity and mortality. The Amplatzer muscular VSD occluder (AGA Medical Corporation, Plymouth, MN, USA) was approved by the United States
Yun-Ching Fu
doaj   +1 more source

Coronary artery grafting in infants [PDF]

, 2009
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with cardiac vale repair is an uncommon surgery in infants. CABG is technically demanding in infants due to the small size not only of the coronary arteries but also the potential graft arteries.
Maskari, Salim, Menon, Rajgopal, Valliathu, J., Zacharias, S.   +3 more
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Biofilm‐Antagonist Ginger‐Based 3D‐Printable Photoresins for Complex Implant Designs Exhibiting Advanced Multifunctional Biomedical Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work offers unique Ginger‐based 3D‐printable resins that can print customizable high‐resolution complex designs. The customizable printing backbone of Zingerol prints also mimics various human bones' strength. Acquisition of in‐vivo biocompatibility in rat model with no severe inflammatory response, along with in‐vitro antioxidant and ex‐vivo anti‐
Simran Jindal, Majd Bisharat, Bassma Khamaisi, Krishanu Ghosal, Eid Nassar‐Marjiya, Qi Wu, Shadi Daoud, Idan Redenski, Samer Srouji, Shady Farah   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen, Boris Rivkin, David Castellanos‐Robles, Ivan Soldatov, Lukas Beyer, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Catheter ablation for atrial arrhythmias in adults with congenital heart disease: recurrence rates and predictors of acute procedural success [PDF]

, 2021
Ahmed El‐Medany, Nicholas Sunderland, Rebecca Dobson, Ashley Nisbet   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

Bedside Flow-Directed Balloon Catheterization in the Critically Ill Patient [PDF]

, 1978
Prior to 1970, catheterization of the right heart and pulmonary artery required the use of fluoroscopic guidance and was only performed in specialized research units and/or the cardiac catheterization laboratory. The need to assess the hemodynamic status
Millen, J. Eugene
core   +1 more source