Impact of the incubation medium on the endothelium of autologous vein grafts: Damage scoring by scanning electron microscopy

Scanning Microscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 841-849

  Konerding, M A ^a   Knocks, M ^b   Zerkowski, H R ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bretschneider's HTK; Cardioplegic solutions; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Endothelium; Heparinized whole blood; Organ preservation; Ringer's solution; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; HTK SOLUTION; HUMAN ALBUMIN; RINGER SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPLEGIC SOLUTIONS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MANNITOL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROCAINE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0030316708     PISSN: 08917035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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