Calcification and Oxidative Modifications Are Associated With Progressive Bioprosthetic Heart Valve Dysfunction

BackgroundBioprosthetic heart valves (BHVs), fabricated from glutaraldehyde‐pretreated bovine pericardium or porcine aortic valves, are widely used for the surgical or interventional treatment of heart valve disease. Reoperation becomes increasingly necessary over time because of BHV dysfunction. Me...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Suengwon Lee, Robert J. Levy, Abigail J. Christian, Stanley L. Hazen, Nathan E. Frick, Eric K. Lai, Juan B. Grau, Joseph E. Bavaria, Giovanni Ferrari
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:English
Publicerad: Wiley 2017-05-01
Serie:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Länkar:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.005648