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Recent advancements in polymeric heart valves: From basic research to clinical trials [PDF]

open access: yesMaterials Today Bio
Valvular heart diseases (VHDs) have become one of the most prevalent heart diseases worldwide, and prosthetic valve replacement is one of the effective treatments. With the fast development of minimal invasive technology, transcatheter valves replacement
Yuanchi Wang   +5 more
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Bacterial Diversity in Native Heart Valves in Infective Endocarditis [PDF]

open access: yesBiomedicines
Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infectious disease caused by the hematogenous dissemination of bacteria into heart valves. Improving the identification of pathogens that cause IE is important to increase the effectiveness of its therapy and
Anna Sinitskaya   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Bioinspired polymeric heart valves: A combined in vitro and in silico approachCentral MessagePerspective [PDF]

open access: yesJTCVS Open, 2023
Background: Polymeric heart valves (PHVs) may address the limitations of mechanical and tissue valves in the treatment of valvular heart disease. In this study, a bioinspired valve was designed, assessed in silico, and validated by an in vitro model to ...
Aeryne Lee, PhD   +10 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Advances in xenogeneic donor decellularized organs: A review on studies with sheep and porcine‐derived heart valves [PDF]

open access: yesBioengineering & Translational Medicine
Heart valve replacement surgeries are performed on patients suffering from abnormal heart valve function. In these operations, the problematic tissue is replaced with mechanical valves or with bioprosthetics that are being developed.
Muslum Suleyman Inal   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Detection of Heart Valve Function Disorders with Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Algorithm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Heart disease insidents has generated mortalities at a young age, hindering the occurrence of the 2045 golden generation as one of the determining factors for the occurrence of advanced Indonesia.
Alfarisyi, Bara   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Emergency TAVI in a critically ill patient: A case report

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2021
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is a safe procedure even in inoperable patients with multi‐organ failure and cardiogenic shock. In such cases, the heart team should be prepared to proceed to emergent implantation for timely and successful ...
Konstantinos Papadopoulos   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Management of Native Atrioventricular Valve Regurgitation in Heart Failure Patients

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Atrioventricular regurgitation is frequent in the setting of heart failure. It is due to atrial and ventricular remodelling, as well as rhythmic disturbances and loss of synchrony.
Anne-Céline Martin   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Myocardial Infarction incidence during national lockdown in two French provinces unevenly affected by COVID-19 outbreak: An observational study

open access: yesThe Lancet Regional Health. Europe, 2021
Background: A reduction of admission for MI has been reported in most countries affected by COVID-19. No clear explanation has been provided. Methods: To report the incidence of myocardial infarction (MI) admission during COVID-19 pandemic and in ...
Eric Van Belle   +45 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ultrasound Guidance to Reduce Vascular and Bleeding Complications of Percutaneous Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Propensity Score–Matched Comparison

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background Ultrasound (US) guidance provides the unique opportunity to control the puncture zone of the artery during transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement and may decrease major vascular complications (VC) and life‐threatening or major ...
Flavien Vincent   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fluid dynamic characterization of a polymeric heart valve prototype (Poli-Valve) tested under continuous and pulsatile flow conditions. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
PURPOSE: Only mechanical and biological heart valve prostheses are currently commercially available. The former show longer durability but require anticoagulant therapy; the latter display better fluid dynamic behavior but do not have adequate durability.
Bagnoli, Paola   +6 more
core   +8 more sources

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