Banking and Distribution of Large Cryopreserved Arterial Homografts in Brussels: Assessment of 4 Years of Activity by the European Homograft Bank (EHB) with Reference to Implantation Results in Reconstruction of Infected Infrarenal Arterial Prostheses and Mycotic Aneurysms

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-32

  Goffin, Y A ^a,i   Grandmougin, D ^a   Wozniak, G ^a   Keppenne, V ^a   Nevelsteen, A ^b   Vogt, P ^c   Van Damme, H ^d   Stankowiak, C ^e   Dapper, F ^f   de Geest, R ^g   Deuvaert, Fr ^g   Van Hoeck, B ^h  

^a European Homograft Bank International Association   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e CHR Hospital Cardiologique   (Belgium)

^f Uiversit�tsklinikum ^*  (Belgium)

^g OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^h BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

ⁱ European Homograft Bank   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTOINTESTINAL FISTULA; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 1842762230     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857449803200104     Document Type: Article

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