Ultraviolet radiation affects thoratec heart mate II driveline mechanical properties: A pilot experiment

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 731-733

  Evans, Annicka C ^a   Andrew Wright, G ^a   McCandless, Sean P ^a   Stoker, Sandi ^a   Miller, Dylan ^a   Reid, Bruce B ^a   Horne, Benjamin D ^a   Afshar, Kia ^a   Kfoury, Abdallah G ^a  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical implantable devices; Percutaneous infection; Tensile testing; Ultraviolet sources

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATIENT TREATMENT; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE REGENERATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIAXIAL TENSILE TESTS; BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTABLE DEVICES; CURRENT TREATMENTS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (LVAD); PERCUTANEOUS INFECTION; SAFETY THRESHOLD; ULTRAVIOLET SOURCES;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

SILICONE; TITANIUM; BIOMATERIAL; SILICONE DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ELASTICITY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOUND CARE; YOUNG MODULUS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SILICONES; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84946834179     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: 1538943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000260     Document Type: Article

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