In Vivo Biocompatibility Evaluation of a New Resilient, Hard-Carbon, Thin-Film Coating for Ventricular Assist Devices

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1158-1163

  Takaseya, Tohru ^a   Fumoto, Hideyuki ^a   Shiose, Akira ^a   Arakawa, Yoko ^a   Rao, Santosh ^a   Horvath, David J ^a   Massiello, Alex L ^a   Mielke, Nicole ^a   Chen, Ji Feng ^a   Zhou, Qun ^a   Dessoffy, Raymond ^a   Kramer, Larry ^a   Benefit, Stephen ^a   Golding, Leonard A R ^a   Fukamachi, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous flow pump; Materials testing; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARBON; COATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; JOURNAL BEARINGS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; MATERIALS TESTING; PUMPS; STATORS; THIN FILMS;

BEARINGS MATERIAL; CARBON THIN FILMS; CLEVELAND; CONTINUOUS FLOW PUMPS; HARD CARBON; IN-VIVO; MATERIAL TESTING; THIN FILMS - COATINGS; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; VIVO BIOCOMPATIBILITIES;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CANNULA; COW; FILM COATING; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEMODYNAMICS; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBUS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 78650059798     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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