Study of Cardiac Structures in Relation to the Pericardial Cavity for Total Artificial Heart Implantation

Assessing the resistance to calcificatio

Assessing the resistance to calcification of polyurethane membranes used in the manufacture of ventricles for a totally implantable artificial heart

✍ Yang, Mingjing ;Zhang, Ze ;Hahn, Charles ;King, Martin W. ;Guidoin, Robert 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 225 KB 👁 2 views

Ventricles made from segmented polyurethane membranes and used in the fabrication of a totally implantable artificial heart are known to undergo biomaterial-associated calcification. As there is no effective method currently available to prevent such biomaterials from calcifying, a practical solutio