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View article: Development and testing of a transcatheter heart valve with reduced calcification potential
Development and testing of a transcatheter heart valve with reduced calcification potential Open
Introduction Patients from developing countries who require heart valve surgery are younger and have less access to open heart surgery than those from developed countries. Transcatheter heart valves (THVs) may be an alternative but are cur…
View article: Transcatheter heart valve interventions for patients with rheumatic heart disease
Transcatheter heart valve interventions for patients with rheumatic heart disease Open
Rheumatic heart disease [RHD] is the most prevalent cause of valvular heart disease in the world, outstripping degenerative aortic stenosis numbers fourfold. Despite this, global resources are firmly aimed at improving the management of de…
View article: Impact of Three Different Processing Techniques on the Strength and Structure of Juvenile Ovine Pulmonary Homografts
Impact of Three Different Processing Techniques on the Strength and Structure of Juvenile Ovine Pulmonary Homografts Open
Homografts are routinely stored by cryopreservation; however, donor cells and remnants contribute to immunogenicity. Although decellularization strategies can address immunogenicity, additional fixation might be required to maintain streng…
View article: Anastomotic Urethroplasty with Double Layer Continuous Running Suture Re-Anastomosis Versus Interrupted Suture Re-Anastomosis for Infective Bulbar Urethral Strictures: A Prospective Randomised Trial
Anastomotic Urethroplasty with Double Layer Continuous Running Suture Re-Anastomosis Versus Interrupted Suture Re-Anastomosis for Infective Bulbar Urethral Strictures: A Prospective Randomised Trial Open
Introduction: The objective of this study was to compare a double-layer running suture re-anastomosis urethral stricture repair with early catheter removal to the conventional interrupted suture re-anastomosis after excision of a bulbar ur…
View article: Issue Information
Issue Information Open
Part B: Applied Biomaterials is a highly interdisciplinary peerreviewed journal serving the needs of biomaterials professionals who design, develop, produce and apply biomaterials and medical devices.It has the common focus of biomaterials…
View article: Combining Experimental and Computational Techniques to Evaluate the Shear Stress Through an Artificial Heart Valve
Combining Experimental and Computational Techniques to Evaluate the Shear Stress Through an Artificial Heart Valve Open
Objective: Particle image velocimetry (PIV) is an experimental technique often used to provide details about the flow structures through heart valves. These methods currently suffer from either low image resolution or non-physical represen…
View article: The Effect of Ventricular Compliance on Pulse Duplicator Test Results
The Effect of Ventricular Compliance on Pulse Duplicator Test Results Open
Objective: Inter-laboratory comparison of cardiac pulse duplicator (CPD) test results remains elusive and makes direct comparison of prosthetic heart valves tested at different facilities challenging. Despite the ISO 5840:2018 guidelines f…
View article: The prevalence of rheumatic heart disease among Grade 10 - 12 learners in the Free State and Northern Cape – Preliminary results of the Wheels-of-Hope Outreach Programme
The prevalence of rheumatic heart disease among Grade 10 - 12 learners in the Free State and Northern Cape – Preliminary results of the Wheels-of-Hope Outreach Programme Open
An outreach programme was initiated to echocardiographically screen Grade 10 - 12 learners, in Central South Africa, for rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Preliminary results, after the screening of 1 015 learners, identifi ed 102 abnormal ec…
View article: Transcutanous aortic valve replacement with Medtronic CoreValve in a publicprivate partnership hospital complex
Transcutanous aortic valve replacement with Medtronic CoreValve in a publicprivate partnership hospital complex Open
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the initial experience of transcutaneous aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in a high risk aortic stenosis population not suitable for conventional surgical valve replacement. Background: No dat…
View article: Cardiology–cardiothoracic subspeciality training in South Africa: a position paper of the South Africa Heart Association
Cardiology–cardiothoracic subspeciality training in South Africa: a position paper of the South Africa Heart Association Open
Over the past decades, South Africa has undergone rapid demographic changes, which have led to marked increases in specific cardiac disease categories, such as rheumatic heart disease (now predominantly presenting in young adults with adva…