Titanium in Cardiac and Cardiovascular Applications
Due to its unique properties, titanium and its alloys have found many applications in cardiovascular medicine. One of the earliest applications was in prosthetic heart valves and in protective cases of pacemakers. Later, titanium was used in artificial he
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D. M. Brunette P. Tengvall M. Textor P. Thomsen
Titanium in Medicine Material Science, Surface Science, Engineering, Biological Responses and Medical Applications
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Prof. Dr. Donald M. Brunette University of British Columbia Faculty of Dentistry Vancouver Canada Prof. Dr. Pentti Tengvall Linkoping University Department of Physics and Measurement Technology Linkoping Sweden Dr. Marcus Textor Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Department of Materials Zurich Switzerland Prof. Dr. Peter Thomsen Goteborg University Institute of Anatomy & Cell Biology Goteborg Sweden
ISBN 978-3-642-63119-1 CIP-data applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Titanium in medicine : material science, surface science, engineering, biological responses and medical applications I ed.: Donald M. Brunette .... - Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York; Barcelona; Hongkong; London ; Mailand ; Paris ; Singapur ; Tokio : Springer, 2001 (Engineering materials) ISBN 978-3-642-63119-1 ISBN 978-3-642-56486-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-56486-4
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The editors would like to express their deep thanks to the many people involved in the realization of this book, in particular to Ms. Lesley Weston, University of British Columbia, for her dedicated and professional proof reading and correction of all the chapters, a task that was especially challenging for this book because English is a second language for many of the authors. Agneta Askendal, Linkoping University, for a professional graphics analysis. Christina Gretzer, Lena Emanuelsson and Anna Johansson, Laila Falk and Barbro Lanner, Goteborg University, Peter Revell and Anne Bowe, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, for help with a multitude of items during 1999-2000. Lorenz Textor and Andreas Textor as well as Luka
