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This review provides a guide for pathologists on evaluating prosthetic cardiac devices, summarizing their identification, morphological features, modes of failure, and technical pitfalls.
This article provides a guide for pathologists on the evaluation and analysis of prosthetic cardiac devices, particularly heart valves.
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Pathologists all over the world increasingly encounter prosthetic cardiac devices. A good evaluation of these devices is a valuable source of information, which can contribute to patient care and the appreciation and understanding of the pathobiology involved in the changes occurring between the host and the implanted prosthetic device. This article summarises the considerations underlying the analysis of prosthetic devices (particularly prosthetic heart valves), including the identification of the devices, the major morphological features of the devices, their modes of failure, and some technical details about evaluation and pitfalls.
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Butany et al. (2005) conducted a review in Prosthetic cardiac devices. This review provides a guide for pathologists on evaluating prosthetic cardiac devices, summarizing their identification, morphological features, modes of failure, and technical pitfalls.
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