Assessing the resistance to calcification of polyurethane membranes used in the manufacture of ventricles for a totally implantable artificial heart

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 648-659

  Yang, Mingjing ^a   Zhang, Ze ^a   Hahn, Charles ^b   King, Martin W ^a   Guidoin, Robert ^a,c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cardiovascular Research Center   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial heart; Calcification; Polyurethane; Surface analysis; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMATERIALS; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); POLYURETHANES; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; INCUBATION; TOTALLY IMPLANTABLE ARTIFICIAL HEART; VENTRICLES;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; CALCIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENDURANCE; HEART VENTRICLE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALCINOSIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; POLYURETHANES;

EID: 0032820558     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(1999)48:5<648::AID-JBM8>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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