An in vitro methodology for evaluating the mechanical properties of aortic vascular prostheses

Artificial Organs

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 555-564

  Quaglini, Virginio ^a   Villa, Tomaso ^a   Migliavacca, Francesco ^a   Carmo, Michele ^b   Settembrini, Piergiorgio ^b   Contro, Roberto ^a   Pietrabissa, Riccardo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compliance; Diameter dilatation; Fluid admittance mismatch; In vitro tests; Vascular prostheses

Indexed keywords

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAFTS; KNIT FABRICS; WEAVING;

COMPLIANCE; DIAMETER DILATATION; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; FLUID ADMITTANCE MISMATCH; FLUID ADMITTANCES; IN-VITRO; IN-VITRO TESTS; MATCHINGS; TESTING MACHINE; VASCULAR PROSTHESIS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

AGED; AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; AORTA; AORTA DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; MECHANICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MECHANICS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036016616     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2002.06886_5.x     Document Type: Article

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