Dynamic glutaraldehyde fixation of a porcine aortic valve xenograft

Biomaterials

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 1849-1856

  Duncan, Anthony C ^a   Boughner, Derek ^a   Vesely, Ivan ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Denaturation temperature; Dynamic glutaraldehyde fixation; Porcine xenograft; Tensile testing

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; COLLAGEN; CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; GRAFTS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS RELAXATION; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

DENATURATION TEMPERATURE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HYDROTHERMAL ISOMETRIC TENSION METHOD; NATURAL STRESS REDUCING MECHANISM; PORCINE AORTIC VALVE; TENSILE RELAXATION; XENOGRAFT;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

GLUTARALDEHYDE; PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THERMOSTABILITY; TISSUE FIXATION; VISCOELASTICITY; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 0030269982     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(96)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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