Polyurethane heart valves: fatigue failure, calcification, and polyurethane structure.

Bernacca, G M

Polyurethane heart valves: fatigue failure, calcification, and polyurethane structure. [electronic resource] - Journal of biomedical materials research Mar 1997 - 371-9 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0021-9304

10.1002/(sici)1097-4636(19970305)34:3<371::aid-jbm12>3.0.co;2-j doi


Animals
Biocompatible Materials--chemistry
Biomechanical Phenomena
Calcinosis--etiology
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Humans
In Vitro Techniques
Male
Materials Testing
Molecular Structure
Polyurethanes--chemistry
Prosthesis Failure
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
Surface Properties