Long-term morphological changes in a cryopreserved pulmonary valve homograft

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 817-819

  Luk, Adriana ^a   Butany, Jagdish ^a,b   Erlich, Sarah A ^a   Henry, Jessica ^a   David, Tirone E ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Cryopreserved pulmonary homograft; Ross procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRESERVATION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 34648836849     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(07)70834-6     Document Type: Letter

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