Long-term pathological changes of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) suture in the human heart

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 139-142

  Minatoya, K ^a   Kobayashi, J ^a   Sasako, Y ^a   Ishibashi Ueda, H ^a   Yutani, C ^a   Kitamura, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CD68 ANTIGEN; PEROXIDASE; POLITEF; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHORDAE TENDINEAE; ELASTIC TISSUE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBROBLASTS; FOAM CELLS; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUTURES;

EID: 0035136666     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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