Pulsed Cavitational Ultrasound Softening

The authors propose a novel noninvasive therapeutic approach for degenerative calcified bioprosthetic heart valves based on pulsed cavitational ultrasound (PCU) to improve the valvular function by remotely softening calcified stiff cusps. This study aims to demonstrate both in vivo, using an ovine m...

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Main Authors: Olivier Villemain, MD, Justine Robin, MS, Alain Bel, MD, Wojciech Kwiecinski, PhD, Patrick Bruneval, MD, Bastien Arnal, PhD, Mathieu Rémond, PhD, Mickael Tanter, PhD, Emmanuel Messas, MD, PhD, Mathieu Pernot, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-08-01
Series:JACC: Basic to Translational Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452302X1730102X