Conference Proceedings
ICAM 2008 - Ninth International Congress for Applied Mineralogy
Conference Proceedings
ICAM 2008 - Ninth International Congress for Applied Mineralogy
Electron Microscopy Study of Mineral Deposits on the Bioprostheses of Heart Valves
Transmission and scanning electron microscopy together with X-ray spectral microprobe analysis were used to investigate the structure and chemical composition of pathological calcified formations on the bioprostheses of heart valves. Controllable synthesis was carried out under the conditions (T = 37C, pH = 7.4) when the ion composition of the main elements (Ca, P, Mg and NaCl) is close to their concentrations in blood plasma. It is proposed on the basis of the obtained results that the formation of the hydroxyapatite of calcific inclusions on bioprostheses occurs as a result of spontaneous precipitation in the blood plasma. One of the factors determining the formation of massive calcified bodies on the bioprostheses of heart valves can be decreased magnesium concentration in blood.
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A T Titov, P M Larionov, V I Zaikovskii
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