Long term biostability of polyacetal (Delrin®) implants

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages

  McKellop, Harry A ^a,d   Milligan, Herbert L ^b   Röstlund, Tord ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Shiley Incorporated   (United States)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d JOINT REPLACEMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029852004     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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