Session 4: Biomedical Engineering
Moderator: David M. Kalfa, MD, PhD
2:30 PM - 3:30 PMThu
2:30 - 2:50pm Initial Material Thickness Impact the Permanent Incorporation of
Glycated Serum Proteins: Implication for Transcatheter Valve
Biomaterials
Mar Martinez Mas, MS
2:50 - 3:10pm Proteomic Analysis of Calcified and Non-Calcified Clinical
Bioprosthetic Heart Valve Explants Revealed Differential Protein
Expressions on Leaflet Tissues
Yingfei Xue, PhD
3:10 - 3:30pm Accelerated Structural Valve Degeneration in Bioprosthetic Heart
Valve Associated with Metabolic Syndrome
Alexey Abramov, MD