Mechanisms of bioprosthetic heart valve calcification

Transplantation

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1133-1135

  Brockbank, Kelvin G M ^a   Song, Ying C ^a  

^a Organ Recovery Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOPROSTHESIS; CALCIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, ISOGENEIC;

EID: 0037469048     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000062864.54455.E5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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