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Microarchitectural Characterization of the Aortic Heart Valve

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Biomaterials

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 553))

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Cardiovascular disease has become a global epidemic. It has been estimated by the World Health Organization that 16.6 million people die from cardiovascular disease annually1. Aortic heart valve disease, which can lead to heart failure, constitutes a high percentage of these deaths and every year approximately 60,000 aortic heart valve replacements are implanted in the US and 170,000 worldwide2.

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Brody, S., Pandit, A. (2004). Microarchitectural Characterization of the Aortic Heart Valve. In: Hasirci, N., Hasirci, V. (eds) Biomaterials. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 553. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48584-8_13

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