In-vitro assessment of the wear development mechanism and stabilization of wear in the Edwards MIRA/Sorin Bicarbon mechanical heart valve orifice ring

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 409-418

  Reul, Helmut ^a   Schmitz, Christoph ^a   Pfaff, Ewald M ^a   Hohlstein, Cornelia ^a   Schmidt, Paul A ^a   Rau, Günter ^a   Arru, Pietro ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; TITANIUM; BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MATERIAL COATING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS;

CARBON; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TITANIUM; HUMANS;

EID: 0036265636     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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