Functional and biomechanical evaluation of a completely recellularized stentless pulmonary bioprosthesis in sheep

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-404

  De Visscher, Geofrey ^a   Blockx, Helga ^a   Meuris, Bart ^a   Van Oosterwyck, Hans ^a   Verbeken, Erik ^b   Herregods, Marie Christine ^b   Flameng, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPROSTHESIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; PROBABILITY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULMONARY VALVE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 38649084416     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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