Manufacturing and hydrodynamic assessment of a novel aortic valve made of a new nanocomposite polymer

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1205-1211

  Rahmani, Benyamin ^a,b   Tzamtzis, Spyridon ^b   Ghanbari, Hossein ^a,b   Burriesci, Gaetano ^b   Seifalian, Alexander M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart valves; Hydrodynamic function; Nanocomposite; Semi stented

Indexed keywords

AORTIC VALVES; BYPASS GRAFT; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CONTROL MODEL; COVALENTLY BONDED; DIP-COATING PROCEDURE; EFFECTIVE ORIFICE AREAS; EQUIVALENT SIZE; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; HARD SEGMENTS; HEART VALVES; HYDRODYNAMIC FUNCTIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; IN-VITRO; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; LACRIMAL DUCT; LOW PROFILE; NANOCOMPOSITE POLYMERS; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; SEMI-STENTED; SOFT SEGMENTS; ST. JUDE MEDICAL; TRANSVALVULAR PRESSURES;

DESIGN; ENERGY DISSIPATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NANOCOMPOSITES; OLIGOMERS; POLYURETHANES; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

HYDRODYNAMICS;

NANOCOMPOSITE; POLY(CARBONATE UREA)URETHANE; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW KINETICS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MATERIAL COATING; NANOFABRICATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STENTED SURGICAL AORTIC VALVE; SYSTOLE; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPROSTHESIS; ELASTIC MODULUS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; POLYURETHANES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULSATILE FLOW; STENTS; SUS SCROFA; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84859586934     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.01.046     Document Type: Article

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