Deon Bezuidenhout

Publications

• The Technological Basis of a Balloon-Expandable TAVR System: Non-occlusive Deployment, Anchorage in the Absence of Calcification and Polymer Leaflets
  Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 35310972
• Residual Bioprosthetic Valve Immunogenicity: Forgotten, Not Lost
  Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 35059444
• Long-Term Stability and Biocompatibility of Pericardial Bioprosthetic Heart Valves
  Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 34589529
• TAVR for Patients With Rheumatic Heart Disease: Opening the Door for the Many?
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 04, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 33832597
• Tendon-like Tether Formation for Tongue-base Advancement in an Ovine Model Using a Novel Implant Device Intended for the Surgical Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B, Applied Biomaterials. 07, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 33283474
• Analysis of the Regenerative Capacity of Human Serum Exosomes After a Simple Multistep Separation from Lipoproteins
  Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 01, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 33175463
• Progressive Reinvention or Destination Lost? Half a Century of Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
  Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 33033720
• Decellularization and Engineered Crosslinking: a Promising Dual Approach Towards Bioprosthetic Heart Valve Longevity
  European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 12, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32893300
• Tissue Ingrowth Markedly Reduces Mechanical Anisotropy and Stiffness in Fibre Direction of Highly Aligned Electrospun Polyurethane Scaffolds
  Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. 08, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32613599
• Customized Stent-grafts for Endovascular Aneurysm Repair with Challenging Necks: A Numerical Proof of Concept
  International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering. 04, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32022404
• A Preliminary Computational Investigation Into the Flow of PEG in Rat Myocardial Tissue for Regenerative Therapy
  Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 31448288
• Preclinical Evaluation of a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement System for Patients with Rheumatic Heart Disease
  EuroIntervention : Journal of EuroPCR in Collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology. Dec, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 31403458
• Performance Analysis of the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation on Blood Flow Hemodynamics: An Optical Imaging-based in Vitro Study
  Artificial Organs. Oct, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 31140632
• A Truly Non-occlusive Stent-graft Moulding Balloon for Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair
  Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 09, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 30977794
• Suitability of Developed Composite Materials for Meniscal Replacement: Mechanical, Friction and Wear Evaluation
  Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 01, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 30296703
• Transcatheter Valve with a Hollow Balloon for Aortic Valve Insufficiency
  Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery : MMCTS. Feb, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 29629555
• Synthetic Extracellular Matrix Mimic Hydrogel Improves Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
  Acta Biomaterialia. 04, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 29341932
• Transmural Capillary Ingrowth is Essential for Confluent Vascular Graft Healing
  Acta Biomaterialia. Jan, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 29111372
• Rapidly Recoverable Thixotropic Hydrogels from the Racemate of Chiral OFm Monosubstituted Cyclo(Glu-Glu) Derivatives
  Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids. 12, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 29110482
• High Heparin Content Surface-modified Polyurethane Discs Promote Rapid and Stable Angiogenesis in Full Thickness Skin Defects Through VEGF Immobilization
  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part A. Sep, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28509406
• Improved Vascularization of Porous Scaffolds Through Growth Factor Delivery from Heparinized Polyethylene Glycol Hydrogels
  Acta Biomaterialia. 02, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 27865963
• Dual Electrospinning with Sacrificial Fibers for Engineered Porosity and Enhancement of Tissue Ingrowth
  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B, Applied Biomaterials. 08, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 27125901
• Cast Tube Assay: A 3-D in Vitro Assay for Visualization and Quantification of Horizontal Chemotaxis and Cellular Invasion
  BioTechniques. 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27528071
• The Anisotropic Mechanical Behaviour of Electro-spun Biodegradable Polymer Scaffolds: Experimental Characterisation and Constitutive Formulation
  Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. Jan, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26301317
• Coacervate Delivery of Growth Factors Combined with a Degradable Hydrogel Preserves Heart Function After Myocardial Infarction
  ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. Sep, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 33445252
• The Performance of Cross-linked Acellular Arterial Scaffolds As Vascular Grafts; Pre-clinical Testing in Direct and Isolation Loop Circulatory Models
  Biomaterials. Aug, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24816365
• Nitric Oxide Release from Polydimethylsiloxane-based Polyurethanes
  Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Functional Materials. Dec, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24744231
• A Slow-release Fibrin Matrix Increases Adeno-associated Virus Transduction of Wound Repair Cells in Vivo
  Journal of Biomaterials Applications. May, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24163331
• Cell Specific Ingrowth Hydrogels
  Biomaterials. Sep, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23777918
• Differentiating Transmural from Transanastomotic Prosthetic Graft Endothelialization Through an Isolation Loop-graft Model
  Journal of Vascular Surgery. Oct, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23541549
• Protective Constriction of Coronary Vein Grafts with Knitted Nitinol
  European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. Jul, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23295444
• Covalent Incorporation and Controlled Release of Active Dexamethasone from Injectable Polyethylene Glycol Hydrogels
  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part A. May, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23065782
• The Beneficial Effects of Deferred Delivery on the Efficiency of Hydrogel Therapy Post Myocardial Infarction
  Biomaterials. Mar, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22153866
• Sustaining Neovascularization of a Scaffold Through Staged Release of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A and Platelet-derived Growth Factor-BB
  Tissue Engineering. Part A. Jan, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 21895488
• Degradation-induced Changes of Mechanical Properties of an Electro-spun Polyester-urethane Scaffold for Soft Tissue Regeneration
  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B, Applied Biomaterials. Nov, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21948379
• Knitted Nitinol Represents a New Generation of Constrictive External Vein Graft Meshes
  Journal of Vascular Surgery. Nov, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21802240
• Induced Chronic Hypoxia Negates the Pro-angiogenic Effect of Surface Immobilized Heparin in a Polyurethane Porous Scaffold
  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part A. Sep, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21732524
• Tailored Sizes of Constrictive External Vein Meshes for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
  Biomaterials. Dec, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20864157
• Covalent Surface Heparinization Potentiates Porous Polyurethane Scaffold Vascularization
  Journal of Biomaterials Applications. Jan, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 19033329
• The Effects of Cross-link Density and Chemistry on the Calcification Potential of Diamine-extended Glutaraldehyde-fixed Bioprosthetic Heart-valve Materials
  Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. Nov, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19882764
• A Synthetic Non-degradable Polyethylene Glycol Hydrogel Retards Adverse Post-infarct Left Ventricular Remodeling
  Journal of Cardiac Failure. Sep, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19700140
• Rapid Three-dimensional Quantification of VEGF-induced Scaffold Neovascularisation by Microcomputed Tomography
  Biomaterials. Oct, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19664820
• Utilization of Shape Memory in External Vein-graft Meshes Allows Extreme Diameter Constriction for Suppressing Intimal Hyperplasia: a Non-human Primate Study
  Journal of Vascular Surgery. Jun, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19497517
• Constrictive External Nitinol Meshes Inhibit Vein Graft Intimal Hyperplasia in Nonhuman Primates
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Sep, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18805277
• The Dosage Dependence of VEGF Stimulation on Scaffold Neovascularisation
  Biomaterials. Sep, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18541296
• A Computational Study of Knitted Nitinol Meshes for Their Prospective Use As External Vein Reinforcement
  Journal of Biomechanics. 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18328487
• Prosthetic Heart Valves: Catering for the Few
  Biomaterials. Feb, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 17950840
• Prosthetic Vascular Grafts: Wrong Models, Wrong Questions and No Healing
  Biomaterials. Dec, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17688939
• Bioprosthetic Tissue Preservation by Filling with a Poly(acrylamide) Hydrogel
  Biomaterials. Mar, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16263164
• Diamine-extended Glutaraldehyde- and Carbodiimide Crosslinks Act Synergistically in Mitigating Bioprosthetic Aortic Wall Calcification
  The Journal of Heart Valve Disease. Jul, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16116882
• Carbodiimide Treatment Dramatically Potentiates the Anticalcific Effect of Alpha-amino Oleic Acid on Glutaraldehyde-fixed Aortic Wall Tissue
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Mar, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15734403
• Bioprosthetic Heart Valves: the Need for a Quantum Leap
  Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. Aug, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15270708
• Effect of Well Defined Dodecahedral Porosity on Inflammation and Angiogenesis
  ASAIO Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992). Sep-Oct, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 12296563
• Optimization of Diamine Bridges in Glutaraldehyde Treated Bioprosthetic Aortic Wall Tissue
  Biomaterials. May, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 11962649