title: Need for new materials, biofunctionalization and non-surgical heart valve technology.
abstract: Transition from non-surgical heart valve defects repair from bench to bedside is a reality. Some biological material-based designs for transcatheter aortic valve implantation are ready for use. Their drawback, however is their unknown functional as well as structural durability. Moreover, research on new non-biological materials is essential to replace classical animal-derived sources of human heart valve prostheses.
authors.affiliation: Jan Sochman, Clinic of Cardiology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Videnska 1958/9, 140 00 Prague 4 - Krc, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sochman