Bioprosthetic heart valve structural degeneration associated with metabolic syndrome: Mitigation with polyoxazoline modification.
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2219054120
Abstract: Bioprosthetic heart valves (BHV), made from glutaraldehyde-fixed xenografts, are widely used for surgical and transcatheter valve interventions but suffer from limited durability due to structural valve degeneration (SVD). We focused on metabolic syndrome (MetS), a… read more here.
Keywords: bioprosthetic heart; degeneration; metabolic syndrome; polyoxazoline modification ... See more keywords