Bioprosthetic heart valve heterograft biomaterials: Structure, mechanical behavior and computational simulation

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 817-834

  Sacks, Michael S ^a   Mirnajafi, Ali ^b   Sun, Wei ^b   Schmidt, Paul ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioprostheses; Heart valve; Implantable devices

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANISOTROPY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPROSTHESIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COW; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; REVIEW; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VALIDATION PROCESS; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 33845882207     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.3.6.817     Document Type: Review

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