The mechanical properties of fresh and cryopreserved arterial homografts

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-24

  Pukacki, F ^a   Jankowski, T ^b   Gabriel, M ^a   Oszkinis, G ^a   Krasinski, Z ^a   Zapalski, S ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allograft banking.; Artery; Compliance; Elastic modulus; Vein

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ALLOGRAFT; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELASTICITY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; MACHINE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VEIN GRAFT; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0033916909     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2000.1120     Document Type: Article

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