Impact of freezing/thawing procedures on the post-thaw viability of cryopreserved human saphenous vein conduits

Cryobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-105

  Müller Schweinitzer, Else ^a   Striffeler, Heinz ^b   Grussenmeyer, Thomas ^a   Reineke, David C ^a   Glusa, Erika ^c   Grapow, Martin T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contractile activity; Cryopreservation; Dimethyl sulfoxide; Human saphenous vein; Long term storage

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENDOTHELIN 1; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COLD INJURY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THAWING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VENOCONSTRICTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREEZING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NOREPINEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847150503     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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