Polymeric heart valves: new materials, emerging hopes

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 359-367

  Ghanbari, Hossein ^a   Viatge, Helene ^b   Kidane, Asmeret G ^a   Burriesci, Gaetano ^a   Tavakoli, Mehdi ^c   Seifalian, Alexander M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES; CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; FABRICATION METHODS; HEART VALVES; LONG LASTINGS; MECHANICAL VALVES; NANO-MATERIALS; NEW MATERIALS; SURFACE MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DURABILITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BIOMATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL; POLITEF; POLYMER;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 65549103981     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2009.03.002     Document Type: Review

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