Aortic bioprosthetic valve durability: incidence, mechanisms, predictors, and management of surgical and transcatheter valve degeneration

T Rodriguez-Gabella, P Voisine, R Puri… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
In recent times, there has been a considerable increase in the use of aortic bioprostheses
(vs. mechanical prostheses) for treating aortic valve disease, and this tendency is likely to …

Durability of prostheses for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

M Arsalan, T Walther - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2016 - nature.com
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become the standard of care for
inoperable patients, and the preferred treatment option for high-risk patients with severe …

Alignment of Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Neo-Commissures (ALIGN TAVR) impact on final valve orientation and coronary artery overlap

GHL Tang, S Zaid, A Fuchs, T Yamabe… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - jacc.org
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of initial deployment orientation
of SAPIEN 3, Evolut, and ACURATE-neo transcatheter heart valves on their final orientation …

Smart materials in cardiovascular implants: Shape memory alloys and shape memory polymers

H Holman, MN Kavarana, TK Rajab - Artificial organs, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Smart materials have intrinsic properties that change in a controlled fashion in response to
external stimuli. Currently, the only smart materials with a significant clinical impact in …

On the modeling of patient-specific transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a fluid–structure interaction approach

G Luraghi, F Migliavacca, A García-González… - Cardiovascular …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive treatment for
high-risk patients with aortic diseases. Despite its increasing use, many influential factors …

Comparison of transcatheter aortic valve and surgical bioprosthetic valve durability: a fatigue simulation study

C Martin, W Sun - Journal of biomechanics, 2015 - Elsevier
Transcatheter aortic valve (TAV) intervention is now the standard-of-care treatment for
inoperable patients and a viable alternative treatment option for high-risk patients with …

Principles of TAVR valve design, modelling, and testing

OM Rotman, M Bianchi, RP Ghosh… - Expert review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has emerged as an effective
minimally-invasive alternative to surgical valve replacement in medium-to high-risk, elderly …

On the mechanics of transcatheter aortic valve replacement

LP Dasi, H Hatoum, A Kheradvar, R Zareian… - Annals of biomedical …, 2017 - Springer
Transcatheter aortic valves (TAVs) represent the latest advances in prosthetic heart valve
technology. TAVs are truly transformational as they bring the benefit of heart valve …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of an aortic valve prosthesis: Fluid-structure interaction or structural simulation?

G Luraghi, W Wu, F De Gaetano, JFR Matas… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Bio-inspired polymeric heart valves (PHVs) are excellent candidates to mimic the structural
and the fluid dynamic features of the native valve. PHVs can be implanted as prosthetic …

Pre-procedural fit-testing of TAVR valves using parametric modeling and 3D printing

A Hosny, JD Dilley, T Kelil, M Mathur, MN Dean… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Successful transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) requires an
understanding of how a prosthetic valve will interact with a patient's anatomy in advance of …