Fabrication and characterization of chitosan nanoparticles and collagen-loaded polyurethane nanocomposite membrane coated with heparin for atrial septal defect (ASD) closure

• Main Authors: Kaiser, E., Jaganathan, S. K., Supriyanto, E., Ayyar, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2017
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/75132/1/EkoSupriyanto2017_FabricationandCharacterizationofChitosanNanoparticles.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/75132/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021645205&doi=10.1007%2fs13205-017-0830-6&partnerID=40&md5=2471d53c2def4f92a5400a44cccb90bb

Atrial septal defect (ASD) constitutes 30–40% of all congenital heart diseases in adults. The most common complications in the treatment of ASD are embolization of the device and thrombosis formation. In this research, an occluding patch was developed for ASD treatment using a well-known textile tec...