Heart valves play a critical role in maintaining proper cardiovascular function in the human heart; however, valve diseases can lead to improper valvular function and reduced cardiovascular performance. Depending on the extent and severity of the valvular disease, replacement operations are often required to ensure that the heart continues to operate properly in the cardiac system. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures have recently emerged as a promising alternative to surgical replacement approaches because the percutaneous methods used in these implant operations are significantly less invasive than open heart surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCongenital Muscular Dystrophies (CMD) are phenotypically and genotypically heterogenous disorders with a prevalence of 0.68 to 2.5/100,000, contributing to significant morbidity and mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The incidence of post vitrectomy endophthalmitis (PVE) is reported to be between 0.02 and 0.84%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAgricultural residues are suitable to make useful products that can potentially replace the non-biodegradable polymeric materials. In the present work, corn cob and rice S=straw is quantitatively transformed to cellulose by alkali treatment preceded by bleaching. The obtained cellulose is changed into nanocellulose (NC) by the acid hydrolysis method followed by ultrasonication.
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