Novel "biomechanical" polymeric valve prostheses with special design for aortic and mitral position: A future option for pediatric patients?

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 575-580

  Sachweh, Joerg S ^a,c   Daebritz, Sabine H ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; AORTIC PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVES; PANNUS OVERGROWTH;

BLOOD VESSELS; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); PATIENT TREATMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESSES;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PANNUS; PEDIATRICS; THROMBOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CHILD; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; POLYMERS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 33748711067     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mat.0000237695.87457.2a     Document Type: Article

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