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Triple valve infective endocarditis - a late diagnosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Behcet\u27s disease is a systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology with cardiac involvement as well as damage to other organs. Whether the sterile valvular inflammation which occurs in this autoimmune disease predisposes to bacterial adhesion and ...
Barbulescu, Andreea L.   +10 more
core   +3 more sources

“Valve-On-Valve” — an alternative method of surgical treatment of tissue valve dysfunctions

open access: yesРоссийский кардиологический журнал, 2019
Every year, the frequency of use of biological prostheses for treatment of valvular heart disease increases.The implantation of a biological prosthesis allows avoiding lifelong anticoagulant therapy, but at the same time it may require further ...
N. V. Rogulina, I. K. Khalivopulo
doaj   +1 more source

Experience in the development of a system for repeated prosthetic heart valves

open access: yesСибирский научный медицинский журнал, 2023
The failure of heart valve bioprostheses, requiring repeated intervention to replace them, is a serious drawback that narrows the scope of such devices.
E. A. Ovcharenko   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prediction of Turbulent Shear Stresses through Dysfunctional Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valves using Computational Fluid Dynamics

open access: yes, 2018
There are more than 300,000 heart valves implanted annually worldwide with about 50% of them being mechanical valves. The heart valve replacement is often a common treatment for severe valvular disease.
Gamage, Peshala T.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A Case Report of a Mediastinal Fistula with Liver Abscesses as a Complication of Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
We report a case of mediastinal fistula with liver abscesses detected by thoracic and abdominal computed tomography as a complication of aortic valve replacement ...
Eduardo Bossone   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Assessment of heart valve performance by finite-element design studies of polymeric leaflet-structures

open access: yesCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2017
For the treatment of severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis, minimally invasive heart valve prostheses are increasingly used, especially for elderly patients.
Pfensig Sylvia   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Possible Subclinical Leaflet Thrombosis in Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
To the Editor: Makkar et al. (Nov. 19 issue)(1) report possible subclinical leaflet thrombosis in up to 40% of patients involved in a clinical trial of transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR).
Burriesci, Gaetano   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Risk factors for paravalvular leak after transcatheter aortic valve replacement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Objective. To assess risk factors for paravalvular leak (PVL) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in a large single-center cohort, including measurement of aortic valve calcification using a reproducible method. Methods.
Pollari, Francesco
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Results of Surgical Managment of Primary Mitral Regurgitation in a Single-center Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Mitral regurgitation (MR) remains the second dominant defect in the structure of valvular cardiac diseases.It affects more than 2 million people in the USA.
Myshakivskyy, O. (Oleksiy)
core   +2 more sources

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Valvular Prostheses Dysfunction Treatment

open access: yesMedisur, 2009
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Valve Prostheses Dysfunction Treatment. The introduction of an artificial valve allows improving life quality and expectancy of an important number of patients and can be considered a common treatment within advanced ...
Lázaro De la Cruz Avilés   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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