A Novel Sensorized Heart Valve Prosthesis: Preliminary In Vitro Evaluation. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2018 Background: Recent studies have shown that subclinical valve thrombosis in heart valve prosthesis (HVP) can be responsible for reduced leaflet motion detectable only by advanced imaging diagnostics.
Marcelli E +3 more
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Structural valve deterioration in the Mitroflow biological heart valve prosthesis [PDF]
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2017 Concern has been raised regarding the long-term durability of the Mitroflow biological heart valve prosthesis. Our aim was to assess the incidence of structural valve degeneration (SVD) for the Mitroflow bioprosthesis in a nationwide study in Denmark including all patients alive in Denmark who had received a Mitroflow aortic bioprosthesis since 2000 ...
I. F. Issa +9 more
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A Computational Tool for the Microstructure Optimization of a Polymeric Heart Valve Prosthesis. [PDF]
J Biomech Eng, 2016 Styrene-based block copolymers are promising materials for the development of a polymeric heart valve prosthesis (PHV), and the mechanical properties of these polymers can be tuned via the manufacturing process, orienting the cylindrical domains to achieve material anisotropy.
Serrani M +6 more
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Optimum INR intensity and therapeutic INR control in patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis on warfarin oral anticoagulation at Dr George Mukhari academic hospital: a three-year retrospective study [PDF]
South African Family Practice, 2018 Background: Available evidence suggest that the optimum prothrombin time-international normalised ratio (PT-INR) intensities recommended for anticoagulation of patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis may not apply to all race groups.
S. Ntlokotsi +4 more
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Progress on a Novel, 3D-Printable Heart Valve Prosthesis. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel), 2023 (1) Background: Polymeric heart valves are prostheses constructed out of flexible, synthetic materials to combine the advantageous hemodynamics of biological valves with the longevity of mechanical valves. This idea from the early days of heart valve prosthetics has experienced a renaissance in recent years due to advances in polymer science.
Schröter F +4 more
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Structural valve failure of TTK Chitra heart valve prosthesis. [PDF]
Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2023 Mechanical prosthetic valve dysfunction can be structural or non-structural. Structural valve dysfunction includes disc dislodgement, disc fracture, and strut fracture. These events in an implanted valve are rare but could pose a risk to life. TTK Chitra heart valve prosthesis (CHVP), an Indian-made single tilting disc valve, has been implanted since ...
Zainuddin Z, Srinivasan N, Bathala MR.
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Aortic valve replacement in sheep with a novel trileaflet mechanical heart valve prosthesis without anticoagulationCentral MessagePerspective [PDF]
JTCVS Open, 2021 Background: Even after decades of intensive research, an ideal heart valve prosthesis remains elusive. Shortcomings of conventional devices include reduced durability of bioprostheses and the thrombogenicity of mechanical substitutes, necessitating ...
Tim Schaller, MSc +5 more
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A Newly Developed Tri-Leaflet Polymeric Heart Valve Prosthesis. [PDF]
Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, 2015 The potential of polymeric heart valves (PHV) prostheses is to combine the hemodynamic performances of biological valves with the durability of mechanical valves. The aim of this work is to design and develop a new tri-leaflet prosthetic heart valve (HV) made from styrenic block copolymers.
F. D. Gaetano +8 more
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Novel heart valve prosthesis with self-endothelialization potential made of modified polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-nanocomposite material [PDF]
Biointerphases, 2016 In the cardiovascular system, the endothelial layer provides a natural antithrombogenic surface on the inner portion of the heart and associated vessels.
Burriesci, G +6 more
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Fifteen-year experience with the Bicarbon heart valve prosthesis in a single center [PDF]
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2015 BackgroundThe purpose of this study was to evaluate retrospectively the clinical performance of the Bicarbon valve (Sorin Biomedica Cardio, Saluggia, Italy) implanted at our center in Japan.MethodsBetween January 1997 and December 2011, 415 patients in ...
Y. Misawa +10 more
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