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Equine pericardium: a versatile alternative reconstructive material in congenital cardiac surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021
Background Pericardial patches are often used for repair of congenital cardiac defects. The aim of this study was to describe our initial experience with the use of equine pericardium and its safety and advantages and disadvantages compared to bovine ...
Ahmed Abdelrahman Elassal, Osman Osama AL-Radi, Zaher Faisal Zaher, Ahmed Mohamed Dohain, Gaser Abdelmohsen Abdelmohsen, Ragab Sayed Mohamed, Mazin Adel Fatani, Mohamed Esam Abdelmotaleb, Nada Ahmed Noaman, Mahmoud Akl Elmeligy, Osama Saber Eldib   +10 more
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Oligosaccharide Lactate Nanoparticles Enhance Tissue Targeting: A Case Study of the Controlled Delivery of Bedaquiline to Cardiac Tissue in TB Pericarditis [PDF]

Molecules
Bedaquiline is known to shorten the duration of therapy of tuberculosis but has limitations, e.g., poor solubility and adverse effects such as prolongation of the QT interval.
Simisola Ayodele, Pradeep Kumar, Armorel van Eyk, Pieter van der Bijl, Yahya E. Choonara   +4 more
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The Pericardium Cells Junctions Are a Target for Autoantibodies of Patients Affected by a Variant of Endemic Pemphigus Foliaceus in El Bagre and Surrounding Municipalities in Colombia, South America [PDF]

Diagnostics
Background: Patients suffering from a new variant of endemic pemphigus foliaceus in El Bagre, Colombia, South America (El Bagre-EPF) produce autoantibodies (Abs) to different proteins in the skin (frustre form), as well as to those in other organs ...
Ana Maria Abreu Velez, Takashi Hashimoto, Yulieth A. Upegui, Jorge Mario Vélez Arango, Adriana Milena Olarte Aponte, Jose A. Vega, Michael S. Howard   +6 more
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Decellularization and Delipidation Protocols of Bovine Bone and Pericardium for Bone Grafting and Guided Bone Regeneration Procedures [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The combination of bone grafting materials with guided bone regeneration (GBR) membranes seems to provide promising results to restore bone defects in dental clinical practice.
Bressan, Eriberto, DE BENEDICTIS, GIULIA MARIA, Ferroni, Letizia, Finotti, Luca, Gardin, Chiara, Guazzo, Riccardo, Isola, Maurizio, Ricci, Sara, Sbricoli, Luca, Zavan, Barbara   +9 more
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Yak Pericardium as an Alternative Biomaterial for Transcatheter Heart Valves

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has received much attention and development in the past decade due to its lower risk of complication and infections compared to a traditional open thoracotomy.
Mingzhe Song, Mingzhe Song, Zhenjie Tang, Zhenjie Tang, Yuhong Liu, Yuhong Liu, Xinlong Xie, Xinlong Xie, Xiaoke Qi, Xiaoke Qi, Qiying Wu, Qiying Wu, Zhenlin Jiang, Zhenlin Jiang, Zhongshi Wu, Zhongshi Wu, Tao Qian, Tao Qian   +17 more
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Proliferation and Morphological Assessment of Human Periodontal Ligament Fibroblast towards Bovine Pericardium Membranes: An In Vitro Study

Materials, 2022
Over the past decade regenerative branches of dentistry have taken on more and more importance, resulting in the development of performing scaffold materials. These should induce cell adhesion, support, and guide the tissues’ growth.
S. Bianchi, S. Bernardi, D. Simeone, Diana Torge, G. Macchiarelli, E. Marchetti   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Celiac Artery Compression After a Spine Fracture, and Pericardium Rupture After Blunt Trauma: A Case Report from a Single Injury [PDF]

Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2021
Celiac artery compression is a rare condition in which the celiac artery is compressed by the median arcuate ligament. Case reports of compression after trauma are hard to find. Blunt traumatic pericardium rupture is also a rare condition.
Joongsuck Kim, Hyun Min Cho, Sung Hwan Kim, Seong Hoon Jung, Jeong Eun Sohn, Kwangmin Lee   +5 more
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Multi-Modality Cardiac Imaging for Pericardial Diseases: A Contemporary Review

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
Advances in multi-modality cardiac imaging have aided the evaluation, surveillance and treatment guidance of pericardial diseases, which have traditionally been a challenging group of conditions to manage. Although echocardiography remains the first-line
Tom Kai Ming Wang, Allan L Klein
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An unusual case report of two cases with coexisting type I aortopulmonary window with tetralogy of fallot with pulmonary atresia

Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2021
Aortopulmonary window is an uncommon truncal anomaly. Its coexistence with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with pulmonary atresia is rare. This rare complex association is always a surgical challenge due to lack of an established surgical approach.
Prateek Vaswani, Palleti Rajashekar, Velayoudam Devagourou   +2 more
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An unusual location of solitary fibrous tumor in heart—A case report and review of literature

Cancer Reports, 2022
Background Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) are rare spindle cell tumors originating from the mesenchymal cells mostly from the visceral pleura. SFT was first described as a distinct entity in 1931 by Klemperer et al.
Kristen Fain, Kanak Parmar, Meenu Sharma, Robert Horn, Pooja Sethi   +4 more
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