A Novel Sensorized Heart Valve Prosthesis: Preliminary In Vitro Evaluation. [PDF]
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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A Computational Tool for the Microstructure Optimization of a Polymeric Heart Valve Prosthesis. [PDF]
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 ...
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]
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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Choice of heart valve prosthesis [PDF]
It is 40 years since Starr and Edwards' description of successful prosthetic valve replacement in 1961. Some patients who underwent valve replacement with the original Starr-Edwards prosthesis in the 1960s are alive to this day. The Starr-Edwards ball and cage prosthesis, albeit in modified form, is still available commercially.
P Bloomfield
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Structural valve deterioration in the Mitroflow biological heart valve prosthesis [PDF]
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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Progress on a Novel, 3D-Printable Heart Valve Prosthesis. [PDF]
(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]
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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A Newly Developed Tri-Leaflet Polymeric Heart Valve Prosthesis. [PDF]
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)
F. D. Gaetano+8 more
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Limited dose warfarin throughout pregnancy in patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis: a meta-analysis [PDF]
The continuation of warfarin throughout pregnancy in patients with a mechanical valve prosthesis is a valid anticoagulation regimen, provided that warfarin dose does not exceed 5 mg/day. Two decades after being introduced, the efficacy and safety of this
Ahmed Hassouna, Hemat Allam
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Clinically available prosthetic heart valves are life-saving, but imperfect: mechanical valves requiring anticoagulation therapy, whilst bioprosthetic valves have limited durability.
Joanna Stasiak+12 more
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