Durability Testing With Calcification of Surgical Aortic Valves and Transcatheter Heart Valves: An In Vitro Study
The Evolut PRO THV's functional performance was not significantly impaired after durability testing. Further clinical evaluation of this aspect is essential to confirm the susceptibility to calcification of bioprosthetic heart valves.
Authors
- Michael Scharfschwerdt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9331-6703)
- Stephan Ensminger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9508-3261)
- Buntaro Fujita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3262-7727)
- Najla Sadat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2715-1760)
- A. Osterloh
- Matthias Klinger
Institutions
- Institute for Integrative and Experimental Genomics (DE)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivaf196
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00