1. Salerno CT, Droel J, Bianco RW. Current state of in vivo preclinical heart valve evaluation. J Heart Valve Dis. 1998;7:158–62.
2. Choo SJ, Kim KI, Park NH, Song JM, Choi IC, Shim JY, et al. Development of an animal experimental model for a bileaflet mechanical heart valve prosthesis. J Korean Med Sci. 2004;19:37–41.
3. DiVincenti L Jr, Westcott R, Lee C. Sheep (Ovis aries) as a model for cardiovascular surgery and management before, during, and after cardiopulmonary bypass. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2014;53:439–48.
4. Leroux AA, Moonen ML, Pierard LA, Kolh P, Amory H. Animal models of mitral regurgitation induced by mitral valve chordae tendineae rupture. J Heart Valve Dis. 2012;21:416–23.
5. Harpa MM, Movileanu I, Sierad LN, Cotoi SO, Suciu H, Sircuta C, et al. Pulmonary heart valve replacement using stabilized acellular xenogeneic scaffolds; effects of seeding with autologous stem cells. Rev Rom Med Lab. 2015;23:415–30.