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ReviewExpert review of medical devices2008

Biological effects of dynamic shear stress in cardiovascular pathologies and devices.

Gaurav Girdhar, Danny Bluestein

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Review in Expert review of medical devices, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Automated Suture Securing Technology in Mitral Valve Surgery: A Strategy to Reduce Prosthetic Dehiscence?European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2026
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  14. The role of hemostasis in infective endocarditis.Current infectious disease reports · 2014
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  19. Prosthetic heart valve obstruction: thrombolysis or surgical treatment?European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gaurav GirdharDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8181, USA. gaurav.girdhar@sunysb.edu
Danny Bluestein
State University of New York · US

Funding

Optimizing Cardiovascular Devices Thrombogenicity for Eliminating AnticoagulationR01EB008004 · NIBIB · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI BLUESTEIN, DANNY · 2007 to 2009
$1.7M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB008004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Altered and highly dynamic shear stress conditions have been implicated in endothelial dysfunction leading to cardiovascular disease, and in thromboembolic complications in prosthetic cardiovascular devices. In addition to vascular damage, the pathological flow patterns characterizing cardiovascular pathologies and blood flow in prosthetic devices induce shear activation and damage to blood constituents. Investigation of the specific and accentuated effects of such flow-induced perturbations on individual cell-types in vitro is critical for the optimization of device design, whereby specific design modifications can be made to minimize such perturbations. Such effects are also critical in understanding the development of cardiovascular disease. This review addresses limitations to replicate such dynamic flow conditions in vitro and also introduces the idea of modified in vitro devices, one of which is developed in the authors' laboratory, with dynamic capabilities to investigate the aforementioned effects in greater detail.

Indexed as

Heart Valve ProsthesisBlood ViscosityCardiovascular DiseasesHeart Valve DiseasesHumansModels, CardiovascularPlatelet ActivationPulsatile FlowStress, MechanicalThrombosis

Identifiers

PMID18331179
PMCPMC2865252
OpenAlexW2135262792

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