Welding metallurgy's putative influence on Bjork-Shiley convexo-concave valve outlet strut failures

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 218-231

  Wenzel, Thomas C ^a   Manning, Charles R ^a   Chandler, James G ^b,c,e   Williams, David F ^d  

^a Accident Reconstr Analysis Inc   (United States)

^b Shiley Heart Valve Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BJOERK SHILEY VALVE PROSTHESIS; HARDNESS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WELDING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WELDING;

EID: 0032948424     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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