Heart Valve :
Cardiovascular
disease physically damages the heart, resulting in loss of cardiac function.
Medications can help alleviate symptoms, but it is more beneficial to treat the
root cause by repairing injured tissues, which gives patients better outcomes.
Besides heart transplants, cardiac surgeons use a variety of methods for
repairing different areas of the heart such as the ventricular septal wall and
valves. A multitude of Biomaterials are used in the repair and replacement of
impaired heart tissues. These Biomaterials fall into two main categories:
synthetic and natural. Synthetic materials used in cardiovascular applications
include polymers and metals. Natural materials are derived from biological
sources such as human donor or harvested animal tissues. A new class of
composite materials has emerged to take advantage of the benefits of the strengths
and minimize the weaknesses of both synthetic and natural materials.
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