Sentence examples for diseased valve from inspiring English sources

Surgical treatment consists in replacing the diseased valve with a synthetic substitute or a transplant.

The new valve effectively compresses the diseased valve and replaces it.

Aortic valves were involved in the vast majority of the estimated 95,000 open-heart surgeries in the country last year to replace a diseased valve with a new one, according to Millennium Research, a consulting group.

There were no differences between constructs containing normal valve VICs and VECs (type 1) and those containing diseased valve VICs and normal valve VECs (type 2).

Applications may include a bridge to surgery in active aortic valve endocarditis and an option to allow for diseased valve resection prior to transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

In TAVR, doctors thread a catheter through an artery in the groin and into the heart so that a new aortic valve can be fitted inside the diseased valve without surgically opening the chest.

Aortic valve stenosis and atherosclerotic disease have several risk factors in common, in particular, hypercholesterolemia. Histologically, the diseased valves appear to have areas of inflammation much like atherosclerotic plaques.

We hypothesized that mitral annular shape is markedly distorted in patients with diseased valves.

Fibrin-based 3D mitral valve constructs can be produced using primary cell cultures derived from canine mitral valves, and show a phenotype reminiscent of diseased valves.

Dr. Hoerstrup said amniotic stem cells could also be frozen for years and could potentially be used to create replacement parts for aging or diseased valves in adults, too.

A more complete understanding of regional annular geometry in diseased valves may provide a more educated approach to annuloplasty ring selection and design.