Histopathologic findings in a novel decellularized pulmonary homograft: An autopsy study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1755-1758

  Sayk, Friedhelm ^a   Bos, Inge ^a   Schubert, Ute ^a   Wedel, Thilo ^a   Sievers, Hans H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL POPULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 18144387569     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.11.049     Document Type: Article

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