TY - JOUR AU - Chen, Jinmiao AU - Yang, Jun AU - Zhang, Li AU - Ma, Wenrui AU - Lu, Shuyang AU - Wang, Chunsheng AU - Hong, Tao PY - 2019 TI - Optimizations of stent and tissue leaflets in a new surgical bovine pericardial valve JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 11, No 11 (November 28, 2019): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - Compared with mechanical valves, bovine pericardial valves have satisfactory hemodynamic performance, low risk of infective endocarditis, and low incidence of thromboembolism without long-term anticoagulation treatment (1). Even after decades of continues improvements in tissue leaflets and bioprosthetic valve structure, the existing bioprosthetic valves still have some drawbacks. Although mid- and long-term clinical outcomes of bovine pericardial valves are satisfactory in the literature, the durability is still a major concern because of structural valve deterioration (SVD) (2-6). UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/32652