Bioprosthetic tissue calcification: Influence of blood contact and arterial pressure. An experimental study in rats and sheep

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 392-399

  Meuris, Bart ^a   Ozaki, Shigeyuki ^a   Herijgers, Paul ^a   Verbeken, Erik ^a   Flameng, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA WALL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLANT; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038651984     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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