Kangaroo versus porcine aortic valve tissue - Valve geometry morphology; tensile strength and calcification potential

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-348

  Neethling, W M L ^a,c   Papadimitriou, J M ^b   Swarts, E ^b   Hodge, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Fremantle Heart Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioprosthesis; Calcinosis; Heart valve prosthesis; Rats

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIFICATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; KANGAROO; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAT; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0033935418     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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