Dissectometer - A new device for tensile strength testing of the vascular wall

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 329-334

  Benedik, Jaroslav ^a   Azhari, Petra ^a   Tsagakis, Konstantinos ^a   Pilarczyk, Kevin ^a   Indruch, Jiri ^b   Hideo, A ^a   Benadik, Jaroslav ^c   Jakob, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Oprox As Brno   (Czech Republic)

^c Aortix As Brno   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aortic wall; Cohesion; Dissection; Mechanical wall testing

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTOMETER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL DEVICE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE SECTION; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 84866526018     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645706.2011.642076     Document Type: Article

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