Prevention of calcification with TPEN in pericardial bioprosthetic heart valve material

DÖNDAŞ H. A., Yilmaz N., Comelekoglu U., Tamer L., Sucu N., Aytacoglu B. N., ...More

ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.7, no.4, pp.365-370, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 7 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Journal Name: ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.365-370
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: Calcification is a frequent cause of the clinical failure of bioprosthetic heart valves fabricated from glutaraldehyde pretreated bovine pericardium. The major object of the present study is to prevent calcification of pericardial bioprosthetic heart valve materials with TPEN.