Guided Tissue Regeneration in Heart Valve Replacement: From Preclinical Research to First-in-Human Trials [PDF]
, 2015 Heart valve tissue-guided regeneration aims to offer a functional and viable alternative to current prosthetic replacements. Not requiring previous cell seeding and conditioning in bioreactors, such exceptional tissue engineering approach is a very ...
Gerosa, Gino, Iop, Laura
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Structural variants of biodegradable polyesterurethane in vivo evoke a cellular and angiogenic response that is dictated by architecture [PDF]
, 2009 This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2008 Acta Materialia Inc.The aim of this study was to investigate an in vivo tissue response to a biodegradable polyesterurethane ...
Burugapalli, K +3 more
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Pulmonary Valve Replacement Using an Intraoperatively Created Trileaflet Autologous Pericardial Valve: A Case Series [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical SciencesBackground: Pulmonary valve replacement is inevitable for the majority of patients with long-standing pulmonary regurgitation. The purpose of this study was to describe the experience of employing a novel technique to create an intraoperatively handmade ...
Ahmad Ali Amirghofran +10 more
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Salvage resection of advanced mediastinal tumors [PDF]
, 2019 The surgical treatment of locally advanced mediastinal tumors invading the great vessels and other nearby structures still represent a tricky question, principally due to the technical complexity of the resective phase, the contingent need to carry out
Andreetti, Claudio +9 more
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Noninvasive Imaging of Pericardium
대한영상의학회지, 2020 The clinical manifestation of pericardial disease is similar to that of coronary artery disease and aortic disease. Therefore, a timely and accurate diagnosis is necessary.
Bae Young Lee
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Effect of freeze-drying and gamma irradiation on biomechanical properties of bovine pericardium [PDF]
, 2005 Freeze-drying and gamma irradiation are the techniques widely use in tissue banking for preservation and sterilization of tissue grafts respectively.
Abu Bakar @ Zakaria, Md Zuki +6 more
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Presentation of pericardial hydatid cyst as acute cardiac tamponade
Asian Journal of Surgery, 2017 We report a case of a 47-year-old man with isolated pericardial hydatid cyst (without myocardial involvement) that presented as acute pericardial tamponade. After initial investigation and transthoracic echocardiography, emergent pericardial drainage was
Aleksandar Bogdanovic +6 more
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Bifurcations in valveless pumping techniques from a coupled fluid-structure-electrophysiology model in heart development [PDF]
, 2017 We explore an embryonic heart model that couples electrophysiology and muscle-force generation to flow induced using a $2D$ fluid-structure interaction framework based on the immersed boundary method.
Battista, Nicholas A., Miller, Laura A.
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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery II: Surgical Technique and Postoperative Management. [PDF]
, 2016 Techniques for minimally invasive mitral valve repair and replacement continue to evolve. This expert opinion, the second of a 3-part series, outlines current best practices for nonrobotic, minimally invasive mitral valve procedures, and for ...
Agnihotri, Arvind K +25 more
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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 +10 more
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