Effects of a Personalized Nurse-Led Educational Program for New Patients Receiving Oral Anticoagulant Therapy after Mechanical Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation on Adherence to Treatment [PDF]
Journal of Chest Surgery, 2021 Background: Life-long anticoagulant therapy is mandatory for patients who undergo heart valve replacement with implantation of a mechanical prosthesis.
Rokeia Eltheni +3 more
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VITTA TRIAL – safety and performance at 3-year follow-up after implantation of the VIVERE® aortic bioprosthesis [PDF]
Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineIntroductionThe durability of aortic bioprostheses remains limited by progressive tissue calcification, the main mechanism underlying structural valve deterioration.
Luiz Carlos Bettiati Junior +3 more
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Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Neither Improves Survival nor Reduces Myocardial or Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: Peri-interventional myocardial injury occurs frequently during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We assessed the effect of remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) on myocardial injury, acute kidney injury (AKIN) and 6-month ...
Flechsig, Mandy +14 more
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Bridging aortic valve surgery to 21st century. what can a surgeon do [PDF]
, 2019 Aortic valve stenosis is the most clinically relevant valvular heart disease in the elderlies. Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) represented, for decades, the standard of care for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis.
Barretta, Antonio +13 more
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Patient-specific image-based computer simulation for theprediction of valve morphology and calcium displacement after TAVI with the Medtronic CoreValve and the Edwards SAPIEN valve [PDF]
, 2016 AIMS: Our aim was to validate patient-specific software integrating baseline anatomy and biomechanical properties of both the aortic root and valve for the prediction of valve morphology and aortic leaflet calcium displacement after TAVI.
Bosmans, B +18 more
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In vitro study of a biological prosthetic valve for seamless fixation
Вестник трансплантологии и искусственных органов, 2018 Aim: to evaluate the manipulative properties of the system being developed for cardiac valve re-operation on an in vitro bovine heart model.Material and methods.
K. U. Klyshnikov +7 more
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Aortic Valve Reconstruction with Ozaki Technique
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2021 Modern bioprostheses offer a complete and definitive solution to elderly patients who need aortic valve surgery. Nonetheless, the scenario is more demanding when dealing with younger and less fragile patients. In this setting, any prosthetic aortic valve
Gabriella Ricciardi +3 more
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Heart, Vessels and Transplantation, 2022 Advances in the diagnosis and management of congenital heart disease (CHD) have resulted in an increased number of patients living into adulthood. Despite increased survival, these patients often require surgery at a young age and are susceptible to developing complications related to the degeneration of surgical prostheses and valves.
Clare Rayner +3 more
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Transcatheter Valve Unable to Cure Patient–Prosthesis Mismatch of Mosaic Bioprosthesis
The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, 2016 Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been recently established as a less invasive alternative to conventional aortic valve replacement (CAVR) in patients presenting with expected high procedural risk.
Daniela Serio +3 more
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Dialysis Patients [PDF]
, 2012 Background/Aims: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as a new therapeutic option for high-risk patients. However, dialysis patients were excluded from all previous studies.
Baglin A +25 more
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