Pathologic features of cryopreserved aortic allograft implanted in the active infection

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 203-204

  Yamada, Akitoshi ^a   Okada, Kenji ^a   Takahashi, Rei ^b   Okita, Yutaka ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA GRAFT; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SEPSIS; SHOCK; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

AGED; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 33745209488     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.02.029     Document Type: Article

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