Login / Signup

Storage, preservation, and rehabilitation of living heart valves to treat congenital heart disease.

Elizabeth M CordovesGiovanni FerrariEmmanuel ZornEmile BachaGordana Vunjak-NovakovicDavid M Kalfa
Published in: Med (New York, N.Y.) (2024)
Heart valve disease patients undergo multiple surgeries to replace structurally degraded valve prostheses, highlighting the need for valve replacements with growth and self-repair capacity. Given allogeneic valve transplantation's promise in meeting these goals by delivering a living valve replacement, we propose a framework for preserving and rehabilitating living valves ex vivo.
Keyphrases