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A polydioxanone electrospun valved patch to replace the right ventricular outflow tract in a growing lamb model.
Biomaterials - 1 May 2010
Kalfa David, Bel Alain, Chen-Tournoux Annabel, Della Martina Alberto, Rochereau Philippe, Coz Cyrielle, Bellamy Valérie, Bensalah Mourad, Vanneaux Valérie, Lecourt Séverine, Mousseaux Elie, Bruneval Patrick, Larghero Jérôme, Menasché Philippe
Abstract excerpt
A major issue in congenital heart surgery is the lack of viable right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) replacement materials. Several biomaterials have been used, with different scaffolds and cells, but they have failed to restore a tri-layered RVOT, and reoperations are often required. We invest...
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