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    Tissue engineering of heart valve leaflet by self-assembly of tissue spheroids biofabricated from human fat tissue derived stem cells

    Bioengineering of living heart valve substitute suitable for implantation into pediatric patients with heart valve diseases is an unsolved challenge in cardiovascular tissue engineering. In order to identify d...

    V. Mironov, V. Kasyanov, A. Nagy-Mehesz in World Congress on Medical Physics and Biom… (2010)

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    Biomechanical Properties of Two Synthetic Biomaterials for Ventricular Septal Defect Closure in Infancy

    Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the most common congenital heart disease (15–20%). The traditional treatment is surgical repair — VSD closure using the autologous pericard or synthetic material - polytetraf...

    Lauris Smits, I. Ozolanta, V. Ozolins in 14th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedica… (2008)

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    Biomechanical Properties of Glutaraldehyde Treated Human Pericadium

    Autologous pericardium, for repair of congenital heart defects, can be used in its fresh non-treated state, or after chemical fixation with glutaraldehyde solution as a biomaterial for surgical repair of conge...

    Valts Ozolins, I. Ozolanta, L. Smits in 14th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedica… (2008)

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    Investigation of Biomechanical Properties of Different Elements of Human Mitral Valve

    Mitral valvular heart disease is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality all over the world. The optimal surgical strategy of treatment of valvular heart disease is repair or replacement. There is s...

    Janis Pavars, P. Stradins, R. Lacis in 14th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedica… (2008)

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    Perfusion Bioreactors for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering

    V. Kasyanov, J.J. Sistino, T.C. Trusk, R.R. Markwald in Bioreactors for Tissue Engineering (2005)

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    Compliance of a Biocomposite Vascular Tissue in Longitudinal and Circumferential Directions as a Basis for Creating Artificial Substitutes

    Experimental studies on the mechanical behavior of 11 human common carotid arteries at different values of internal pressure and axial force were performed on a device allowing us to measure the internal press...

    V. Kasyanov, I. Ozolanta, B. Purinya, A. Ozols in Mechanics of Composite Materials (2003)

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    Biomechanical effects of experimental transluminal angioplasty

    Surgical treatment of vertebrobasilar circulation disorders includes percutaneous transluminal angioplasty more often recently. However, the biomechanical aspects of transluminal angioplasty have not been stud...

    V. Keris, V. Kasyanov, G. Enina in Acta Neurochirurgica (1996)