Polymer heart valves

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-339

  Hyde, Jonathan A J ^b   Chinn, Joseph A ^a   Phillips Jr , Richard E ^a  

^a Research and Development   (United States)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACRON; MACROGOL; POLITEF; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILASTIC;

ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CALCIFICATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THROMBOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0033057681     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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