Viability of cryopreserved semilunar valves: An evaluation of cytosolic and mitochondrial activities

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 792-795

  Tominaga, Takashi ^a   Kitagawa, Tetsuya ^a   Masuda, Yutaka ^a   Hori, Takaki ^a   Kano, Masashi ^a   Yasuta, Osamu ^a   Katoh, Itsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSOL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ANIMAL; AORTIC VALVE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSOL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTERASES; HUMAN; IN VITRO; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PULMONARY VALVE; SWINE; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033802328     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01506-X     Document Type: Article

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