Thin-film nitinol (NiTi): A feasibility study for a novel aortic stent graft material

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 375-380

  Rigberg, David ^a   Tulloch, Allan ^a   Chun, Youngjae ^b   Mohanchandra, Kotekar Panduranga ^b   Carman, Greg ^b   Lawrence, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITINOL; POLITEF; POLYMER;

AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILM; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; STENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS;

ALLOYS; AORTIC DISEASES; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULSATILE FLOW; STENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 67650932716     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.03.028     Document Type: Article

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