A prospective, international, bicentric study to evaluate PremiCron suture material for cardiac valve surgery - PREMIVALVE a cohort study.

Unlabelled: The most common age-related heart valve diseases include aortic valve stenosis and mitral valve insufficiency. The suture material is not the focus of most studies. The aim of the study was to assess the performance of PremiCron suture material for cardiac valve reconstruction and/or replacement under clinical routine.

Optilene, a new non-absorbable monofilament is safe and effective for CABG anastomosis. OPTICABG - A prospective international, multi-centric, cohort study.

Introduction: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is performed to improve quality of life and to reduce cardiac-related mortality and morbidity in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of the present observational study was to assess the performance of a new suture material (Optilene) for anastomosis construction in CABG surgery using a routine clinical procedure. Performance was assessed using the incidence of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE).