Endothelial and smooth muscle cell populations in a decellularized cryopreserved aortic homograft (SynerGraft) 2 years after implantation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Miller, Dylan V ^a   Edwards, William D ^a   Zehr, Kenton J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CHLORDANE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DECELLULARIZED CRYOPRESERVED AORTIC VALVE HOMOGRAFT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORPHOMETRICS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 33745191676     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.02.038     Document Type: Article

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