Polyurethane heart valves: Past, present and future

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-233

  Kütting, Maximilian ^a   Roggenkamp, Jan ^a   Urban, Ute ^a   Schmitz Rode, Thomas ^a   Steinseifer, Ulrich ^a  

^a Helmholtz Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

durability; heart valve fabrication; heart valve materials; percutaneous heart valves; polyurethane heart valves

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC VALVES; CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES; HEART VALVE MATERIALS; HEART VALVES; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; PERCUTANEOUS HEART VALVES;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DURABILITY; HEART; MANUFACTURE;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

POLYURETHAN;

DURABILITY; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; POLYURETHANES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 79952614966     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.10.79     Document Type: Review

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