Development of cylindrical bacterial cellulose membranes for pulmonary heart valve prostheses

Novel biomaterials provide a spectrum of possibilities. They can be engineered in different forms to understand how they would perform as different bioprosthetic conduits. Bacterial cellulose membranes may be suitable candidates as prosthetic valve leaflets in valve replacement surgeries due to thei...

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Main Author: Sarathy, Srivats
Other Authors: Raghavan, Madhavan L.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2016
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6496
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7996&context=etd