Why the study?
Is a porcine model of mitral valve replacement feasible for long-term evaluation of prosthetic heart valves?
Population
16 25-kg male Bama miniature pigs
Comparison
Mitral valve replacement using St Jude Medical… vs Comparison between two anticoagulation protocols
Design
Preclinical, allocated (method not specified)
Follow-up
up to 20 weeks
Authors
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Porcine MVR model enables chronic prosthetic valve testing; leaves open optimal anticoagulation strategies for clinical translation.
Is a porcine model of mitral valve replacement feasible for long-term evaluation of prosthetic heart valves?
A porcine model of mitral valve replacement is feasible and promising for the long-term preclinical evaluation of prosthetic heart valves and postoperative anticoagulation.
Li et al. (2007) studied this question.
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