G.M. Bernacca

New polyurethane heart valve prosthesis: design, manufacture and evaluation

Tom G. Mackay, D J Wheatley, G.M. Bernacca et al. · Biomaterials · 1996 · 126 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +12

Calcification and fatigue failure in a polyurethane heart valve

G.M. Bernacca, Tom G. Mackay, Robert W. Wilkinson et al. · Biomaterials · 1995 · 114 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Materials Engineering +10

Polyurethane heart valves: Fatigue failure, calcification, and polyurethane structure

G.M. Bernacca, Tom G. Mackay, Robert W. Wilkinson et al. · Journal of Biomedical Materials Research · 1997 · 93 citations

Engineering, Bioengineering, Materials Engineering +13

Hydrodynamic function of polyurethane prosthetic heart valves: influences of Young's modulus and leaflet thickness

G.M. Bernacca, Bernard O’Connor, David Williams · Biomaterials · 2002 · 92 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery +15

In vitro blood compatibility of surface-modified polyurethanes

G.M. Bernacca, M.J. Gulbransen, Robert W. Wilkinson et al. · Biomaterials · 1998 · 85 citations

Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering +14