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The early days of vascular and heart valve prostheses: a historical review
- Source :
- The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 61
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2020.
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Abstract
- This surgical heritage article provides a historical overview of the most important early advances of vascular- and valvular surgery, that lead to the development of currently used vascular- and valvular prostheses and materials. The first writings describing techniques in vascular surgery mainly focussed on hemorrhage control and date from around 1600 B.C. The strategy of vessel ligation was first mentioned in Western literature around 200 B.C. In the 18supth/supcentury, techniques of ligation were expanded towards attempts of vessel restoration. The first artificial vascular prosthesis was made in 1894. From this time on, vascular prostheses were used in animal experiments and around 1900 for the first time in humans. More than 60 years later, in 1952, the first mechanical heart valve prosthesis was implanted. Four years later, the first successful biological heart valve implantation followed. In 2000, a transcatheter heart valve was successfully implanted in a human for the first time. Over time, procedures and techniques became more efficient and effective. This led to new developments, such as the manufacturing of a tissue engineered blood vessel in 1986. Nowadays, dozens of different valve prostheses have been devised, both mechanical and biological. Still, no ideal model of vascular and heart valve prosthesis exists.
- Subjects :
- Blood vessel prosthesis
History
medicine.medical_specialty
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
History, 18th Century
Prosthesis Design
History, 21st Century
Mechanical heart-valve
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Animals
Humans
Heart valve
History, Ancient
History, 15th Century
Heart valve prosthesis
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Prosthetic valve
Tissue engineered
business.industry
History, 19th Century
General Medicine
History, 20th Century
Vascular surgery
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
030228 respiratory system
Hemorrhage control
Diffusion of Innovation
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Blood vessel
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1827191X and 00219509
- Volume :
- 61
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4406b17b82885903c25ad51c08777e24