Donkey pericardium as a select sourcing to manufacture percutaneous heart valves: Decellularization has not yet demonstrated any clear cut advantage to glutaraldehyde treatment

Donkey pericardium as a select sourcing to manufacture percutaneous heart valves: Decellularization has not yet demonstrated any clear cut advantage to glutaraldehyde treatment

Background: The donkey pericardium is considered a good candidate to manufacture percutaneous heart valves based upon its thinness, low cellularity and undulating collagen bundles and laminates. Decellularization represents an avenue worth exploring, should its superiority to glutaraldehyde-treated...

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Main Authors: Aisa Rassoli, Yiming Li, Xianhao Bao, Fabien Kawecki, Xinzhe Zhao, Daniel Chappard, Gaëtan Le-Bel, Jiaxuan Feng, Benedikt Weber, Nasser Fatouraee, Ze Zhang, Zaiping Jing, Lucie Germain, Lu Wang, Robert Guidoin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices
Subjects:
Donkey pericardium
Decellularization
Valve leaflet
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Wavy microstructure
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590093520300035

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