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01-01-2021 | Tricuspid Valve Replacement | Images in CV Applications
Echocardiography-guided tricuspid valve replacement by extracted extracellular matrix in post-traumatic tricuspid regurgitation
Authors:
Paweł Czub, Monika Budnik, Adam Arendarczyk, Janusz Kochanowski
Published in:
The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
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Issue 1/2021
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Excerpt
Extracted extracellular matrix (Cor Matrix) applies growth factors, matricellular proteins, glycosaminoglycans and adhesion factors. After implantation into human tissue, CorMatrix functions as a scaffold onto which the body’s own cells migrate. The matrix itself dissolves after 6–8 months, leaving new leaflets built of patient fibroblasts. Until now it was used mainly as a patch in intracardiac shunts and in patients with endocarditis. …