Histological evaluation of tissue-engineered heart valves implanted in the juvenile sheep model: Is there a need for in-vitro seeding?

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 823-829

  Dohmen, Pascal M ^a   da Costa, Francisco ^b   Yoshi, Sergio ^c   Lopes, Sergio V ^b   da Souza, Felipe P ^c   Vilani, Ricardo ^c   Wouk, Antonio F ^c   da Costa, Marise ^b   Konertz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Santa Casa Hospital   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPLANT; FIBROBLAST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; SHEEP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SHEEP; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751416926     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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