Alternative causes of bioreaction to prosthetic heart valves: three cases with pannus formation

• Glavni autori: Süleyman Karakoyun (Autor), Ozan Mustafa Gürsoy (Autor), Macit Kalçık (Autor), Şermin Çoban Kökten (Autor), Mehmet Özkan (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: KARE Publishing, 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Pannus formation is an infrequent but serious complication of prosthetic heart valve surgery. The cause of pannus is recognized as a bioreaction to the prostheses; histological investigations have shown that pannus comprises collagen and elastic tissues containing endothelial cells, chronic inflamma...