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Living autologous heart valves for minimally invasive implantable procedures (LIFEVALVE)
Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2015,
Cardiovascular disease still represents the Killer No.1 in the EU accounting for substantial morbidity/mortality and health care cost. Heart valve replacement represents the most common surgical therapy for valvular heart disease with almost 200.000 annual implantations worldwide. Currently, heart valve prosthesis-associated problems occur in 30-35% of patients within 10 years, frequently necessit ...
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