Textile Heart Valve Prosthesis: Early In Vitro Fatigue Performances

摘要

The early fatigue results obtained in this study show that degradation can be observed in the textile at 40Mio cycles. However, signs of rupture could be observed neither on the leaflet surface nor in the contact zones where the leaflets come together. The remaining valves have reached 100 Mio cycles. The global behavior of the fabric is encouraging.