Are intraaortic balloons suitable for reuse? A survey study of 112 used intraaortic balloons

Artificial Organs

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-130

  Yang, Mingjing ^a   Deng, Xiaoyan ^a   Zhang, Ze ^a   Julien, Maryse ^a   Pelletier, Fabrice ^a   Desaulniers, Denis ^b   Cossette, Robert ^c   Teijeira, Francisco Javier ^d   Laroche, Gaétan ^a   Guidoin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

intraaortic balloon; intraaortic balloon devices reuse; material properties; polyurethane

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEBRIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FATIGUE TESTING; INSPECTION; MORPHOLOGY; STRAIN; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EXTERNAL SURFACES; GAS LEAKAGES; IN-VIVO; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON DEVICE REUSE; LEAKAGE INSPECTIONS; ORGANIC DEBRIS; PHYSICAL INTEGRITY; REUSE; SINGLE USE;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

EID: 8044250878     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1997.tb00348.x     Document Type: Article

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