title: First latin american congress for artificial organs and biomaterials
authors.affiliation: Institute Dante Pazzanese of CardiologyDepartment of BioengineeringAv. Dr. Dante Pazzanese, 500Sao Paulo, Brazil, 04012-180; Federal University of Minas GeraisDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringAv. Antonio Carlos, 662.
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pinotti