Interstitial ice formation in cryopreserved homografts: A possible cause of tissue deterioration and calcification in vivo

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 200-206

  Brockbank, Kelvin G M ^a   Lightfoot, Fred G ^a   Song, Ying C ^a   Taylor, Michael J ^a  

^a Organ Recovery Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT FAILURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; CALCINOSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART VALVES; ICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN PRESERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SWINE;

EID: 0034070157     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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