Could 37°C storage temperature extend homovital valve allograft viability?

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 494-500

  Baric, Davor ^a   Cebotari, Serghei ^a   Mertsching, Heike ^b   Leyh, Rainer ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs LEBAO   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING ORGAN SYSTEMS; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART VALVE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; HEART VALVES; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 5144229307     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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