Detoxification process for Glutaraldehyde-treated bovine pericardium: Biological, chemical and mechanical characterization

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 190-194

  Stacchino, Carla ^a   Bona, Gioachino ^a   Bonetti, Francesco ^a   Rinaldi, Stefano ^a   Della Ciana, Leopoldo ^a   Grignani, Andrea ^a  

^a Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE; HOMOCYSTEIC ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CELL CULTURE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CROSS LINKING; CYTOTOXICITY; DETOXIFICATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PERMEABILITY; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIXATIVES; GLUTARAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0031982058     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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