Degeneration of the pulmonary autograft: An explant study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1426-1432

  Schoof, Paul H ^a   Takkenberg, Johanna J M ^b   van Suylen, Robert Jan ^c   Zondervan, Pieter E ^b   Hazekamp, Mark G ^a   Dion, Robert A E ^a   Bogers, Ad J J C ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ANEURYSM; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REOPERATION; ROSS OPERATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VALVE;

EID: 33751408434     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.07.035     Document Type: Article

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