Cyclic stress-strain behavior of polymeric nonwoven structures for the use as artificial leaflet material for transcatheter heart valve prostheses
Xenogenic leaflet material, bovine and porcine pericardium, is widely used for the fabrication of surgically implanted and transcatheter heart valve prostheses. As a biological material, long term durability of pericardium is limited due to calcification, degeneration and homogeneity. Therefore, pol...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2017-09-01
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Series: | Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2017-0149 |