Periodic Reporting for period 2 - BIOMITRAL (Engineering the mitral valve: bioinspired control of structure and function for enhanced in vivo performance)

The prevalence of heart valve disease among the US population is 2.5%, with aortic and mitral regurgitation (MR) being the most common pathologies. More specifically, the EURObservational Research Programme, initiated by the European Society of Cardiology, estimates that MR...