Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0064468

Zusammenfassung

Cardiovascular diseases cause almost every third death in the world. Medical devices like artificial heart valves or pacemakers are used to help patients. However, these devices bear a life threatening risk - the formation of thrombi due to the contact of the artificial surface with blood. If coagulated thrombi happen to detach, they can lead to vascular closure, resulting in heart attacks and strokes. Thrombus formation is a complex process in the human body, which depends amongst other things on the properties of the artificial surface and, more specifically, on the average charge de...