Cyclic fatigue and fracture in pyrolytic carbon-coated graphite mechanical heart-valve prostheses: role of small crack in life prediction.
Lankford
J
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Sines
G
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D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002244:Carbon; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013499:Surface Properties
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; C009139:pyrolytic carbon; D002244:Carbon