Comparison of physical and biological properties of CardioCel® with commonly used bioscaffolds

Autor: Kirsten Puls, William M L Neethling, Alethea Rea
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. 26(6)
ISSN: 1569-9285
Popis: OBJECTIVES Durability of bioscaffolds cross-linked with glutaraldehyde and used in cardiovascular surgery is limited by biomechanical instability, calcification and reduced biocompatibility. This study compares CardioCel®, a bovine pericardial scaffold engineered via the ADAPT® process to ensure optimized biostability and biocompatibility, with the commonly used bioscaffolds. METHODS Bovine pericardial scaffolds, cross-linked with 0.6% glutaraldehyde (XenoLogiX™, PeriGuard®), dye-mediated photo-oxidized (PhotoFix™) and a non-crosslinked porcine scaffold (CorMatrix®), were compared with CardioCel (decellularized, cross-linked with 0.05% monomeric glutaraldehyde, detoxified) by thermal stability and mechanical tests. Biocompatibility and calcification were assessed in a juvenile subcutaneous rat model at 6 and 12 weeks. RESULTS CardioCel displayed significantly higher (P
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