Durability/wear testing of heart valve substitutes

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-157

  Reul, Helmut ^a   Potthast, Klaus ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GERMANY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031961462     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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