Mechanotransduction of autotransplants: remodeling potential of heart valves from autologous pericardial tissue [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyCurrent commercial heart valve prostheses are non-living structures, either derived from artificial materials (mechanical valves) or foreign biological materials (xeno- or homo-graft).
Marvin Steitz +15 more
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Advancements and Perspectives in the Bioprosthetic Heart Valve: A Comprehensive Review on Biomaterial Processing and Emerging Polymeric Materials [PDF]
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular DiseaseHeart valve disease contributes to cardiovascular disease–associated death. Bioprosthetic heart valves have emerged as a preferred option for heart valve replacement due to their superior hemodynamic performance and reduced need for lifelong ...
Hanluo Li +10 more
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A chronological history of heart valve prostheses to offer perspectives of their limitations [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyProsthetic heart valves (PHV) have been studied for around 70 years. They are the best alternative to save the life of patients with cardiac valve diseases. However, current PHVs may still cause significant disadvantages to patients.
Raquel Ahnert Aguiar Evangelista +3 more
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Tissue Engineering Heart Valves – a Review of More than Two Decades into Preclinical and Clinical Testing for Obtaining the Next Generation of Heart Valve Substitutes [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Cardiology, 2021 Well documented shortcomings of current heart valve substitutes – biological and mechanical prostheses make them imperfect choices for patients diagnosed with heart valve disease, in need for a cardiac valve replacement.
Dan SIMIONESCU +4 more
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Communications Biology, 2023 Pliable microfibrous, bioresorbable elastomeric heart valve prostheses are investigated in search of sustainable heart valve replacement. These cell-free implants recruit cells and trigger tissue formation on the valves in situ. Our aim is to investigate
Annemijn Vis +14 more
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View, 2021 Heart diseases caused by structure and function degradation is troubling millions of people all over the world. With the extension of human lifespan, the demand for heart valve replacement is rapidly increasing.
Ziyu Shao +10 more
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Developing the Tissue Engineered Heart Valve – a Descriptive Hemodynamic and Ultrasound in Vitro Characterization Study of Heart Valves in a Bioreactor [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Cardiology, 2021 The inherent limitations of current heart valve substitutes create the premise for the Tissue Engineered Heart Valve (TEHV), considered the perfect substitute. We aimed to compare in vitro hemodynamic performances of our TEHV, the conventional prosthetic
Ionela MOVILEANU +13 more
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Anticoagulation During Pregnancy with a Mechanical Pulmonary Valve: Patient and Medical Perspective
Cardiology and Therapy, 2022 This article discusses the challenges of supporting a successful pregnancy in a woman with multiple prosthetic heart valves and a complicated cardiac history, from both the patient and provider perspective.
Lauren Ledingham +2 more
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2002 OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether patients with heart valve prostheses and similar International Normalized Ratios (INR) have the same level of protection against thromboembolic events, that is, whether the anticoagulation intensity is related to the ...
Claudia Natália Ferreira +6 more
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Surgical techniques for aortic valve xenotransplantation
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021 Background Heart valve replacement in neonates and infants is one of the remaining unsolved problems in cardiac surgery because conventional valve prostheses do not grow with the children.
Jennie H. Kwon +6 more
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