Polyurethane heart valves: Fatigue failure, calcification, and polyurethane structure

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 371-379

  Bernacca, G M ^a   Mackay, T G ^a   Wilkinson, R ^b   Wheatley, D J ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYURETHANES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

POLYETHERURETHANEUREA; POLYURETHANE VALVES;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALCINOSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYURETHANES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031553838     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19970305)34:3<371::AID-JBM12>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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