Population
Porcine aortic valvular (PAV) and bovine pericardial valvular (BPV) bioprostheses
Comparison
Transmitted polarized light and incident… vs Conventional histologic and transmission…
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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May aid bioprosthesis tissue selection; leaves open translation to clinical durability.
Polarized light optics offer a nondestructive method for evaluating collagen morphology in bioprosthetic heart valves, potentially improving tissue selection and stress evaluation.
Hilbert et al. (1986) studied this question.
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