Individualized Cardiovascular Implants: Latest Devices, Techniques and Strategies

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, cardiac surgery has become more and more of a multidisciplinary specialty. Twenty years ago, who would have thought that cardiac surgeons would specialize in interventional procedures and share the cardiac OR with cardiologists, vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, and sometimes even biomedical engineers? New technologies and multidisciplinary strategies allow for customized scaffold designs for implants and result in innovative therapies for today's patients.

The goal of this Special Issue is to collect original papers, reviews, and case reports on new approaches to manufacturing and testing novel implants in cardiovascular research and resulting innovations in surgical therapy. It is intended to be a collection of content from the laboratory to the bedside: promising results from biomedical research such as new materials, designs, or manufacturing processes of implants, as well as minimally invasive surgical procedures, hybrid approaches, combined multidisciplinary procedures, or new techniques in cardiac surgery.

Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

• 3D printing of individualized cardiovascular scaffolds and implants.
• Biodegradable and biologically active prostheses.
• Novel devices and strategies in the treatment of cardiac disease.
• Strategies for cardiac regeneration (e.g., cardiac patch).
• Vascular access strategies.
• Minimally invasive and interventional valve procedures.
• Open surgical and endovascular management of thoracic aortic disease.
• Optimized surgical treatment of coronary artery disease (e.g., total arterial revascularization, minimally invasive procedures, and hybrid coronary revascularization).
• Novel devices and strategies in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
• Short-term and long-term cardiac assist devices.
• Hybrid procedures.

Dr. David Santer
Dr. Karl H. Schneider
Prof. Dr. George Truskey
Guest Editors

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