St Jude Epic heart valve bioprostheses versus native human and porcine aortic valves - Comparison of mechanical properties

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 553-556

  Kalejs, Martins ^a   Stradins, Peteris ^a,b   Lacis, Romans ^a,b   Ozolanta, Iveta ^b   Pavars, Janis ^a,b   Kasyanov, Vladimir ^b  

^a PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^b RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Bioprosthesis; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPROSTHESIS; ELASTICITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

EID: 65949117017     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.196220     Document Type: Article

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