Propagation of tears in pericardium from young bulls: Influence of the suture

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Paez, José María García ^a   Jorge Herrero, Eduardo ^a   Claramunt, Rafael ^c   Millán, Isabel ^b   Rocha, Aurora ^a   Martínez, Belén ^a   Cordón, Ángeles ^c   Ros, Antonio ^c  

^a Biomateriales y Telemedicina   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac bioprostheses; Force; Pericardium; Sutures; Tearing; Young bull

Indexed keywords

HEART;

BIOPROSTHESES; CARDIAC BIOPROSTHESIS; COLLAGEN FIBRES; EDGE-TO-EDGE; FORCE; MEAN FORCES; PERICARDIUM; SUTURE; TEARING; YOUNG BULL;

TISSUE;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN FIBER; NONABSORBABLE SUTURE; NYLON; POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; BULL (MAMMAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELASTICITY; FORCE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; IMPLANT; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SUTURING METHOD; THICKNESS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77949701171     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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