Polyurethane: Material for the next generation of heart valve prostheses?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 440-448

  Wheatley, D J ^a   Raco, L ^a   Bernacca, G M ^a   Sim, I ^b   Belcher, P R ^a   Boyd, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In vivo; Polyurethane; Prosthetic heart valve; Thrombogenicity

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOGENICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; LINEAR MODELS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POLYURETHANES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034177073     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(00)00381-X     Document Type: Article

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