Aortic valve graft implantation in rats: A new functional model

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 679-685

  Légaré, Jean Francois ^a   Nanton, Maurice A ^a   Bryan, Patricia ^a   Lee, Timothy D G ^a   Ross, David B ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA FLOW; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033779107     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2000.109239     Document Type: Article

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