Key result
Low concentration SDS decellularised porcine aortic heart valve roots withstood physiological cyclic deformations up to 1.2 million cycles while maintaining overall hydrodynamic function.
Why the study?
Understanding the effect of cyclic loading on decellularised heart valve roots is important prior to human implantation, but previous in vitro testing relied on accelerated, non-physiological methods.
Does low concentration SDS decellularisation affect the real time mechanical fatigue and hydrodynamic function of porcine aortic heart valve roots?
Does low concentration SDS decellularisation affect the real time mechanical fatigue and hydrodynamic function of porcine aortic heart valve roots?
Low concentration SDS decellularised porcine aortic heart valve roots can withstand physiological cyclic deformations up to 1.2 million cycles while maintaining overall hydrodynamic function, despite some alterations in leaflet mechanical properties.
Decellularised porcine valves withstand short-term cyclic loading in vitro; leaves open durability for human use in young patients.
Decellularised heart valve roots offer a promising option for heart valve replacement in young patients, having the potential to remodel and repair. Replacement heart valves have to undergo billions of opening and closing cycles throughout the patient's lifetime. Therefore, understanding the effect of cyclic loading on decellularised heart valve roots is important prior to human implantation. The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate the influence of low concentration sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) decellularisation treatment on the in vitro real time mechanical fatigue of porcine aortic heart valve roots under physiological real time cyclic loading conditions. This required a specific real time in vitro method to be developed, since previous methods relied on accelerated testing, which is non-physiological, and not appropriate for valve replacement materials that exhibit time dependent characteristics. The effects of the real time fatigue on hydrodynamic function and mechanical properties of the heart valve roots were assessed. The mechanical fatigue of decellularised porcine aortic heart valve roots (n = 6) was assessed and compared to cellular porcine aortic heart valve roots (n = 6) in a modified Real time Wear Tester (RWT) at a physiological frequency and under cyclic pressure conditions for a maximum of 1.2 million cycles. Periodically, the heart valve roots were removed from the RWT to assess the influence of cyclic loading on valve competency (static leaflet closure). At the end of testing further hydrodynamic performance parameters were ascertained, along with determination of leaflet material properties. A real time mechanical fatigue assessment method was developed and applied; with two cellular and two decellularised porcine aortic leaflets in different heart valve roots showing tears in the belly region. The decellularised aortic heart valve roots exhibited comparative functionality to the cellular heart valve roots under in vitro static and pulsatile hydrodynamic conditions. However, the material properties of the decellularised aortic leaflets were significantly altered following cyclic fatigue assessment and showed increases in elastin and collagen phase slopes and ultimate tensile strength compared to the cellular porcine aortic leaflets in the circumferential direction. This preliminary study demonstrated that low concentration SDS decellularised porcine aortic heart valve roots can withstand physiological cyclic deformations up to 1.2 million cycles in a RWT whilst maintaining their overall hydrodynamic function and leaflet mechanical properties. This is the first full report of preclinical mechanical fatigue assessment of decellularised porcine aortic heart valve roots under physiological real time conditions.
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Desai et al. (2022) studied Valvular heart disease (preclinical model) (n=12). 0.1% (w/v) sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) decellularisation vs. Cellular porcine aortic heart valve roots was evaluated on Real-time mechanical fatigue and hydrodynamic function. Low concentration SDS decellularised porcine aortic heart valve roots withstood physiological cyclic deformations up to 1.2 million cycles while maintaining overall hydrodynamic function.
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