Decellularized xenogenic heart valves reveal remodeling and growth potential in vivo

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2059-2068

  Erdbrügger, Wilhelm ^a   Konertz, Wolfgang ^b   Dohmen, Pascal M ^b   Posner, Steffen ^a   Ellerbrok, Heinz ^c   Brodde, Otto Erich ^d   Robenek, Horst ^e   Modersohn, Diethelm ^b   Pruss, Axel ^b   Holinski, Sebastian ^b   Stein Konertz, Marita ^a   Pauli, Georg ^c  

^a AutoTissue Ltd   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e Leibniz Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH KINETICS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY; ASITOGRAFT OPERATION; PULMONARY HEART VALVES; RADIOLIGAND BINDING;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; RADIOLIGAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BINDING ASSAY; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELLULARIZED XENOGENIC HEART VALVE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HOST CELL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE DISEASE; ROSS PROCEDURE; SHEEP; SWINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMALS; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; HEART VALVES; SHEEP; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 33750946468     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2006.12.2059     Document Type: Article

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