Comparison of porcine xenografts and homografts for pulmonary valve replacement in children

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 717-722

  Dittrich, Sven ^a   Alexi Meskishvili, Vladimir V ^a   Yankah, Abraham C ^a   Dähnert, Ingo ^a   Meyer, Rudolf ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a   Lange, Peter E ^a   Lamberti, John J ^b  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMAL; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VALVE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033802986     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01532-0     Document Type: Article

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