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Cardiovascular Biomaterials

By DSc , T. V. How (auth.) , Garth W. Hastings PhD , FRSC , CChem , FPRI (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag London
Year
1992
ISBN
978-1-4471-1849-7, 978-1-4471-1847-3
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-1847-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6565809 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
198\205
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Biomedical Engineering; Cardiac Surgery; Vascular

Description

Cardiovascular Biomaterials presents current research mate- rial developed by contributors from universities und profes- sional laboratories in the UK,USA, Canada, and Germany, each recognised for their abilities in this field.The book begins with an introduction to the work of developing a new artificial artery, and proceeds through the topics of the problems and developments in heart valve replacements, car- diac assist devices, mechanical properties of arteries and arterial grafts, biostability of vascular prostheses, blood compatibility in cardiopulmonary bypass, collagenin cardio- vascular tissues and the pacemaker system. Researchers, practitioners, graduate students, and libraries will find the book of interest.

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