Development of a new combined test setup for accelerated dynamic pH-controlled in vitro calcification of porcine heart valves

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 794-801

  Krings, Martin ^a   Kanellopoulou, Dimitra ^b   Koutsoukos, Petros G ^b   Mavrilas, Dimosthenis ^b   Glasmacher, Birgit ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heart valve bioprostheses; In vitro calcification; pH controlled constant supersaturation

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; SUPERSATURATION;

COMBINED TEST; CONSTANT SOLUTION; HEART VALVES; IN VITRO CALCIFICATION; IN-VITRO; PH-CONTROLED CONSTANT SUPERSATURATION; SOLUTION SUPERSATURATION; TEST SETUPS; VITRO CALCIFICATION; VITRO METHOD;

BIOMINERALIZATION;

CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CONSTANT SOLUTION SUPERSATURATION METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC CALCIFICATION TEST METHOD; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PH; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 74049112913     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880903201105     Document Type: Article

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