Collagen tissue treated with chitosan solutions in carbonic acid for improved biological prosthetic heart valves

Materials Science and Engineering C

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 127-140

  Gallyamov, Marat O ^a,b   Chaschin, Ivan S ^b   Khokhlova, Marina A ^a   Grigorev, Timofey E ^b   Bakuleva, Natalia P ^c   Lyutova, Irina G ^c   Kondratenko, Janna E ^c   Badun, Gennadii A ^a   Chernysheva, Maria G ^a   Khokhlov, Alexei R ^a,b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b A N NESMEYANOV INSTITUTE OF ORGANOELEMENT COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

^c Russian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Biological prosthetic heart valve; Bovine pericardium; Calcification; Carbonic acid; Chitosan

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CARBON DIOXIDE; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; HEART; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROSTHETICS;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; BOVINE PERICARDIUM; CARBONIC ACIDS; CHITOSAN MATERIALS; DEGREES OF ACETYLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE STRAIN; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE;

TISSUE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBONIC ACID; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; TRITIUM;

3T3 CELL LINE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; BOVINE PERICARDIUM; CALCIFICATION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PERICARDIUM; RAT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE; BOVINE PERICARDIUM; CALCIFICATION; CARBONIC ACID; CHITOSAN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARBONIC ACID; CATTLE; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PERICARDIUM; RATS; SILVER; SOLUTIONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRITIUM;

EID: 84892980211     PISSN: 09284931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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