A sutureless aortic stent-graft based on a nitinol scaffold bonded to a compliant nanocomposite polymer is durable for 10 years in a simulated in vitro model

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 415-427

  Desai, Mital ^a   Bakhshi, Raheleh ^b   Zhou, Xiang ^c   Odlyha, Marianne ^d   You, Zhong ^c   Seifalian, Alexander M ^a,b   Hamilton, George ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Fatigue testing; Flow circuit; Nanocomposite polymer; Nitinol; Poly(carbonate urea) urethane; Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane; Stent graft; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

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

AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; HEART CYCLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; STENT; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOSTABILITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALLOYS; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CALORIMETRY; COMPLIANCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULSATILE FLOW; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STENTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864541234     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/11-3740MR.1     Document Type: Article

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