Key result
A new morphologic method combining polarized light microscopy and morphometry enables simultaneous collection of morphologic and biomechanical data from a single porcine aortic valve tissue specimen.
A novel morphologic method allows for simultaneous assessment of biomechanical properties and collagen crimp length in bioprosthetic heart valve tissue, improving experimental efficiency and accuracy.
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May streamline preclinical bioprosthetic valve testing; leaves open translation to human durability assessment.
Hilbert et al. (1996) studied Porcine aortic valve tissue (in vitro). Simultaneous real-time video recording and polarized light microscopy/morphometry vs. Untreated vs glutaraldehyde-treated porcine aortic valve leaflet tissue (for validation) was evaluated on Simultaneous quantitation of collagen crimp length and biomechanical properties. A new morphologic method combining polarized light microscopy and morphometry enables simultaneous collection of morphologic and biomechanical data from a single porcine aortic valve tissue specimen.
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