Extracellular matrix degrading enzymes are active in porcine stentless aortic bioprosthetic heart valves

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 755-763

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

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic bioprostheses; Collagen; Elastin; Glutaraldehyde fixation; Matrix metalloproteinases

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COLLAGEN; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYMES; SURGERY; TISSUE;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; GELATINASE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; STENT;

EID: 0347383841     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.10066     Document Type: Article

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