I just added a new section to our website called Reference Materials. I have posted a few of the hundreds of references I have collected over the past few years on AVBG.
Dr. Gammie and group at the University of Maryland have a good paper summarizing the current state of the art.
Dr. Kerut and his colleagues [...]
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AVBG References
September 2, 2009 – 6:23 pm
I’ll be happy to give you innovative thinking. What are the guidelines?
April 16, 2009 – 6:44 pm
In an earlier post, I mentioned that a few years back my design consulting firm was involved in the development of a transcatheter valve device. Like my cartoon friend to the left, when I started the project I asked my client what were the design guidelines. Basically, the answer I received, which I think [...]
120 Day Explant
February 22, 2009 – 3:08 pm
Last week we explanted the AVBG device we installed in a pig in October – approximately 120 day implant duration. The valve (25 mm Hancock II) inserted into the housing looked fully functional. We got some terrific echo data. A quick look at the internal housing via a boroscope indicated a normal pannus response. We did not open it. [...]