Collagen synthesis is upregulated in mitral valves subjected to altered stress

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-186

  Quick, David W ^a   Kunzelman, Karyn S ^b   Kneebone, James M ^b   Cochran, Richard P ^b,c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MEDICINE;

COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

COLLAGEN; PROCOLLAGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; STRESS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0343581208     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199743030-00011     Document Type: Article

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