Functional neointima characterization of vascular prostheses in human

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 864-868

  Walles, Thorsten ^a,b   Görler, Heidi ^a   Puschmann, Carmen ^a   Mertsching, Heike ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Hannover Heidehaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

27

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CANNULA; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; INTIMA; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 1442324708     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.08.048     Document Type: Article

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