We report a 70-year-old woman (body surface area 1.42 m²) undergoing redo double valve replacement with extensive annular enlargement...

A 34-year-old male patient with primary juvenile open-angle glaucoma presented 3 months after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in the...

CONCLUSION: Bovine grafts show promising midterm results in treatment of aortic infections, assuring good survival and low recurrence rates...

Prosthetic vascular infections are rare, occurring in less than 3 % of cases. If left untreated within the required...

Glutaraldehyde cross-linked bovine/porcine pericardium has been used as prosthetic heart valves (BHVs), while residual aldehyde groups induce cytotoxicity, thrombus...

The high incidence of cardiovascular disease and the early failure of bioprosthetic valves due to calcification have driven the...