Effect of altered hydration on the internal shear properties of porcine aortic valve cusps

Structural changes in glutaraldehyde-treated porcine heterografts used as substitute cardiac valves

Victor J. Ferrans, Thomas L. Spray, Margaret E. Billingham et al. · The American Journal of Cardiology · 1978 · 302 citations

Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering, Vascular Tissue Engineering +8

Structure and classification of cuspal tears and perforations in porcine bioprosthetic cardiac valves implanted in patients

Tokuhiro Ishihara, Victor J. Ferrans, Steven W. Boyce et al. · The American Journal of Cardiology · 1981 · 178 citations

Tissue Engineering, Mechanobiology, Engineering +9

Analysis of the bending behaviour of porcine xenograft leaflets and of natural aortic valve material: Bending stiffness, neutral axis and shear measurements

Ivan Veselý, Derek R. Boughner · Journal of Biomechanics · 1989 · 106 citations

Engineering, Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering +8

The glutaraldehyde‐stabilized porcine aortic valve xenograft. I. Tensile viscoelastic properties of the fresh leaflet material

J. Michael Lee, David W. Courtman, Derek R. Boughner · Journal of Biomedical Materials Research · 1984 · 85 citations

Glutaraldehyde fixation alters the internal shear properties of porcine aortic heart valve tissue

E. A. Talman, Derek R. Boughner · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1995 · 78 citations

Mechanobiology, Engineering, Internal Shear Properties +8