1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
2. Dutch Polymer Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
3. Gaubius Laboratory TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, The Netherlands.
4. Rotterdam Heart Valve Bank, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
5. Department of cardio-thoracic surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
6. Department of Cardiopulmonary Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.