Factors affecting the yield of cardiac valve allografts from living unrelated donors

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-77

  Hunt, Charles J ^a   Caffrey, Elizabeth A ^a   Large, Stephen R ^b  

^a East Anglian Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart valves; Tissue donors; Tissue procurement; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CADAVER; DEVICE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVING DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE BANKS; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0031916751     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)00283-2     Document Type: Article

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