Pathological aspects of explanted homograft mitral valve

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 177-180

  Ray, Ruma ^a   Choudhary, Shiv Kumar ^a   Kumar, A Sampath ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Homograft mitral valve; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CHORDA TENDINEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GIANT CELL; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0036111142     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(02)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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