Scanning electron microscopic analysis of endothelial cell coverage and quality-in large vessels from multi-organ donors: Effects of preservation on endothelial cell integrity

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 246-251

  Van Leeuwena, E B M ^a,b   Molema, G ^b   Van Luyn, M J A ^b   De Jong, K P ^b   Dijk, F ^b   Slooff, M J H ^b   Ruiters, M H J ^b   Van Der Meer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Donor vessels; Endothelial cells; Human; Iliac vessels; Preservation; Scanning electron microscopy; Thrombosis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADENOSINE; ALLOPURINOL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; INSULIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; RAFFINOSE; TISSUE DONORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0034050319     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0012.2000.140311.x     Document Type: Article

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