Processing of ovine cardiac valve allografts: 1. Effects of preservation method on structure and mechanical properties

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-89

  Aidulis, D ^a   Pegg, D E ^a   Hunt, C J ^b   Goffin, Y A ^c   Vanderkelen, A ^c   van Hoeck, B ^c   Santiago, T ^d   Ramos, T ^d   Gruys, E ^e   Voorhout, W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b East Anglia Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Instituto do Coracao   (Portugal)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Banking; Cardiac; Freezing; Glycerol; Heart; Preservation; Valve

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLYCEROL; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FREEZING; HEART PRESERVATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE; IMMERSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVING DONOR; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SKIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE GRAFT; VIRUS INFECTION; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 0242515750     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022873513040     Document Type: Article

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