Heart valves serve a vital hemodynamic function to ensure unidirectional blood flow.
Additionally, native heart valves serve biological functions such as growth and self‐repair …

Background Recent years have seen major advancements in xenotransplantation: the first
pig‐to‐human heart transplant, the development of a brain‐dead recipient model for kidney …

Partial heart transplantation is a new type of transplant that delivers growing heart valve
replacements for babies. Partial heart transplantation differs from orthotopic heart …

Background Xenotransplantation is a worth investing branch of science, since it aims to fulfil
the demand on human cells, tissues and organs. Despite decades of consistent work in …

Many young adults require heart valve replacements. Current options for valve replacement
in adults include mechanical valves, bioprosthetic valves, or the Ross procedure. Of these …

After a significant hiatus imposed by the COVID‐19 pandemic, we hereby restart
Xenotransplantation literature updates. With the recently performed clinical …

Simple Summary Currently, rodents and pigs are the primary disease models used in
cardiovascular research. Generally, larger animals that are more closely related to humans …

Partial heart transplantation is a new approach to deliver growing heart valve implants.
Partial heart transplants differ from heart transplants because only the part of the heart …

This article discusses the use of porcine (pig) valves in cardiovascular surgery and their
compatibility with human tissue. The concept of xenotransplantation, which involves the …