Bioprosthesis
Prosthesis, usually heart valve, composed of biological material and whose durability depends upon the stability of the material after pretreatment, rather than regeneration by host cell ingrowth. Durability is achieved 1, mechanically by the interposition of a cloth, usually polytetrafluoroethylene, between the host and the graft, and 2, chemically by stabilization of the tissue by intermolecular linking, usually with glutaraldehyde, after removal of antigenic components, or the use of reconstituted and restructured biopolymers.
Year introduced: 1979
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Tree Number(s): E07.695.100
MeSH Unique ID: D001705
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- Bioprostheses
- Glutaraldehyde-Stabilized Grafts
- Glutaraldehyde-Stabilized Graft
- Glutaraldehyde Stabilized Grafts
- Graft, Glutaraldehyde-Stabilized
- Grafts, Glutaraldehyde-Stabilized
- Porcine Xenograft Bioprosthesis
- Bioprostheses, Porcine Xenograft
- Bioprosthesis, Porcine Xenograft
- Porcine Xenograft Bioprostheses
- Xenograft Bioprostheses, Porcine
- Xenograft Bioprosthesis, Porcine
- Heterograft Bioprosthesis
- Bioprostheses, Heterograft
- Bioprosthesis, Heterograft
- Heterograft Bioprostheses
- Xenograft Bioprosthesis
- Bioprostheses, Xenograft
- Bioprosthesis, Xenograft
- Xenograft Bioprostheses
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