In vitro testing of heart valve wear outside of the manufacturers laboratory - Requirements and controversies

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Reul, Helmut ^a   Eichler, Michael ^a   Potthast, Klaus ^a   Schmitz, Christoph ^a   Rau, Günter ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYROLYTIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARBON; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0029937159     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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