Degeneration of bioprosthetic heart valve cusp and wall tissues is initiated during tissue preparation: An ultrastructural study

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 226-234

  Simionescu, Dan T ^a   Lovekamp, Joshua J ^a   Vyavahare, Narendra R ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN; GLUTARALDEHYDE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STANDARD; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PREPARATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CELL DEATH; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIXATIVES; GLUTARAL; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SWINE; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0037356092     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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