Nitinol self-deployable endovascular prostheses: Variability in corrosion resistance

Annales de Chimie: Science des Materiaux

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-52

  Lerouge, Sophie ^a   Guidoin, Robert ^b   Ashton, Tim ^c   Guidoin, Marie France ^b   Legrand, André Pierre ^d   Douville, Yvan ^b   Soulez, Gilles ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Vascutek Terumo   (United Kingdom)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Endovascular devices; Nitinol; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMATERIALS; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORROSION RESISTANCE; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

ENDOVASCULAR PROSTHESES; NITINOL;

PROSTHETICS;

NITINOL; POLITEF;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CATHETER; CORROSION; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; IMPLANTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MATERIALS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY;

EID: 3042733775     PISSN: 01519107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/acsm.29.41-52     Document Type: Article

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