Traumatic tracheal injury is a rare type of trauma. In this type of injury, catastrophes may occur owing to...

Mycotic pseudoaneurysms of the ascending aorta are a rare and devastating complication of previous cardiac surgery.

Leaflet damage has been documented to occur while deploying a transcatheter aortic valve (TAV) due to mechanical loads during...

Human and animal pericardia are among the most widely exploited materials suitable to repair damaged tissues in the cardiovascular...

Aortic stenosis is the most common valve disease requiring surgery or percutaneous treatment. Since the first-in-man implantation in 2002...

Chemically crosslinked acellular bovine pericardium (ABP) has been widely used in clinical practice as bioprostheses. To ensure its consistency...